Planning director defends 5% pay request, outlines junior planner duties
Aug 18, 2026
Teresa, the county plan director and zoning administrator, explained dual responsibilities for planning and code enforcement, defended a 5% assistant-staff pay increase based on regional comparisons, and described plans to hire a junior planner to improve zoning and ordinance work.
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Teresa, who identified herself to the group as “the plan director and the zoning administrator,” presented her department’s staffing request and explained why she asked for a 5% increase for assistant staff and a junior planner position. She told commissioners the comparison data were pulled from similar smaller counties and regions rather than large cities and argued the increase would bring assistant staff closer to regional pay averages.
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