Commissioners debate applying pay grid and COLA timing for county employees
Commissioners and department representatives debated moving the pay‑grid effective date to January versus keeping the July step schedule, weighing administrative complexity, step timing and effects on EMS/communications staff; the group agreed to revisit a revised grid next week.
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An extended exchange focused on whether to adopt a revised pay grid effective at the start of the calendar year or to keep the established July step schedule. Agency official (S10) summarized historical practice and the tradeoffs: "The step is in place of the COLA, not in addition to the COLA."
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