Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Get email alerts on the Salary Policy topic
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
Committee recommends legislative body adopt budgeted salaries, offers secondary option over mid-year raises
Summary
After hearing a request from Joy to restore higher pay paid last year, the committee debated mid‑year salary changes and voted to forward a recommendation to the full legislative body to adopt the budgeted $15.34 and $16.34 salary levels (option 1) while noting a secondary option to restore an extra 50¢ given last year.
Joy told the committee she had paid two staff members at higher rates last year and asked the committee to add $936 to each affected departmental line so those employees would not lose pay. Joy explained she "would need $936 in each line item at the current budget" to keep both employees at the higher take-home pay they received last year.
Committee members debated policy and precedent: one member noted the legislative body had voted not to change salaries during the year, and others raised concerns about the "snowball" effect if mid-year raises were allowed on a rolling basis. The chair moved that the committee forward a recommendation to the full legislative body to adopt the calculated budget salaries of $15.34 and $16.34 as the primary option, with the secondary option being to restore the additional 50¢ paid last year; the committee voted to forward that recommendation. Staff and Joy agreed to work to reconcile payroll and implement the committee's direction before the full commission acted.
The committee emphasized that any future pay changes must come through the budget process or be formally approved by the budget committee before being implemented.
