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Hall County approves countywide pay increase and funds salary study amid concern about authority loss
Summary
The Hall County Board approved a countywide pay adjustment (roughly 4.5% on average: 3% COLA plus a step for eligible employees) and authorized a countywide salary study to produce apples-to-apples comparisons; the vote was carried amid discussion about long-term funding and preserving levy authority.
The Hall County Board voted to give a countywide adjustment in pay—described by board members as a 3% cost-of-living increase combined with a one-step increase for eligible employees (approximately 4.5% overall)—and to fund a countywide salary study to inform longer-term compensation planning. The chair summarized the action: "We are going to institute a salary study countywide... countywide, all employees... will receive a 3% cost-of-living increase plus steps," and presented the motion to fund the study and the pay adjustment.
The decision followed extended discussion about preserving property-tax request authority and whether one-time reserves or transfers should be used to fund recurring salary increases. Commissioners and staff highlighted the risk that using reserves would be unsustainable for an ongoing salary expense and emphasized that preserving the county's unused authority is a multi-year consideration. The motion carried; meeting notes included a corrected recorded vote of 5 yes and 1 no. Staff was directed to budget approximately $130,000 to pay for the salary study and to return with cost and schedule information.
