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Johnson County budget includes 2.6% COLA and targeted reclassifications as commissioners weigh parity
Summary
The court’s proposed budget includes a 2.6% cost‑of‑living adjustment, top‑to‑bottom reclassification of many clerk/manager grades to create clearer pay brackets, and targeted parity increases for a subset of employees; commissioners flagged tradeoffs between pay adjustments and overall headcount.
Judge Becker told the court the proposed personnel plan would combine a 2.6% cost‑of‑living adjustment with targeted reclassifications and parity adjustments to lift the lowest paid positions. "The COLA proposed COLA rate is 2.6%." he said, tying the percentage to May BLS Dallas–Fort Worth inflation data used for the calculation.
The plan would set clerk ones at a minimum of $40,500, establish staged pay bands for clerk two/three and maintenance technicians, and absorb a limited number of new positions (net ~3 across law and nonlaw classification when offsets are considered). The court discussed possible alternatives, including shifting more dollars to a larger COLA instead of many reclassification adjustments, but judges and commissioners noted the fiscal tradeoffs and that some pay changes were intended to address parity across offices.
