Commissioners defer living-wage budget resolution until after compensation study
The subcommittee agreed to take up a resolution to raise Shelby County employee wages according to an MIT living-wage calculator at a later meeting (April 23), after a compensation study and mayoral budget are available.
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The subcommittee discussed a resolution (item 7) proposing to raise the minimum wage for Shelby County employees to a living wage calculated with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's living-wage tool. Marcy Ingram, legislative counsel, told the committee the resolution is a budget item awaiting the subcommittee's recommendation and distinguished the budget resolution from an accompanying ordinance that requires separate readings.
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