Board approves pay-grade changes, policy clarifications and temporary IT-services agreement
The personnel committee recommended—and the board supported—county grade 6 pay-level adjustments effective July 19, 2026, updates to travel/business-expense and sick-leave policies, and a temporary information-systems services agreement with the City of Sault Ste. Marie to provide IT support June 22–Sept. 8, 2026.
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Chippewa County approved changes to county pay grades and several personnel policies on July 16. The personnel committee moved to change county grade 6 pay levels (step increases and multi-year rates listed in committee minutes) to keep ahead of Michigan's upcoming minimum-wage increase; the board approved those changes effective July 19, 2026. The committee also approved reclassifying three health-department grade-3 positions to county nonunion grade 6 and one administrative biller to grade 7.
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