County asks consultant for two salary-comparator lists amid debate over Olmsted influence
McGrath presented a compensation-study method and a proposed list of comparator counties. Commissioners split over including nearby higher-paying Olmsted (Homestead) and state/La Crosse comparators; the board voted to instruct McGrath to prepare two data sets — a core list excluding Olmsted and a broader list that includes Olmsted, the State of Minnesota and La Crosse.
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Molina Halversonson Mace, a senior consultant with McGrath Human Resources Group, briefed the board on methodology for a countywide compensation study and urged the board to define comparator organizations before market data collection. She said comparator selection balances historic similarity and the reality of competing employers: "When we're looking or or considering comparators I will say that there has been a shift...more organizations are looking at it in the context of who are we competing against and who you're competing against now suddenly becomes more regional influence and and more adjacent influence," she said.
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