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Board splits on pay changes; grants 3.5% to state‑supported base salaries after debate
Summary
After hours of debate over cost-of‑living adjustments and whether to treat county and state‑supported local employees the same, the board rejected an across‑the‑board motion but later approved a motion to apply the state's 3.5% increase to comp‑board (state‑funded) positions' base salaries.
Supervisors debated implementing cost‑of‑living adjustments following the state's budget, which directed a 3.5% increase for state‑supported local employees. County staff said contingency lines in the county budget could cover some impacts, but supervisors expressed concern about treating employees differently depending on whether their positions were state‑supported or locally funded.
A motion to proceed with a plan to treat employees uniformly (3.5% for all, effective Aug. 1) failed. The board later considered a narrower motion and ultimately carried a motion to apply the 3.5% increase to the base salary for comp‑board (state‑supported) funded positions only; staff clarified that the state language applies broadly to state‑supported local employees (including certain constitutional officers and social services staff) and that payroll implementation details would be handled by staff. The board recorded votes and directed staff to apply the pay adjustments per the adopted motion and to make payroll corrections for the July/August pay cycles as needed.
