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Board approves one-time 5% pay adjustments for two library staff
Summary
The Dell Rapids Library Board approved personnel evaluations that included one-time 5% adjustments for two staff members after a comparative wage analysis; the board noted the city's adopted pay plan normally caps annual increases at 3% and confirmed council approval of the exceptions.
The Dell Rapids Library Board voted to approve personnel performance evaluations that include one-time 5% pay adjustments for two library staff members.
The library director told the board that the 5% adjustments resulted from a comparative wage analysis and were implemented as a one-time adjustment to bring those positions in line with comparable libraries: "This 5% was done after a comparative wage analysis," the library director said. The director also noted the city's adopted pay plan "maxes out at 3%," and that amounts above that threshold had been approved earlier by the city council.
A board member raised a procedural question about the pay-plan cap and asked whether the increases had been approved at the city level; the director confirmed they had been approved by city council earlier in the month. The board then moved and approved the evaluations and associated pay adjustments by voice vote.
The board did not provide a roll-call tally in the minutes beyond a voice vote; meeting discussion described the 5% adjustments as a one-time measure tied to the comparative review rather than an ongoing change to the city's pay plan.
