The county budget committee has proposed a new pay scale for county employees.
The committee put the plan, which includes employees who work under the county general department, except for the sheriff’s department and the ambulance service, together at a meeting last Wednesday.
The proposal calls for employees of the Trustee, Register of Deeds, County Clerk, Assessor of Property, County Mayor, Circuit Court Clerk, and Clerk and Master to receive raises at a percentage of what their employer brings home. For the 2016-17 fiscal year, all these elected officials will earn a $65,221 salary, with the exception of the county mayor, who will make $75,329.
Under the proposed new scale, step raises for employees of these offices would be as follows:
•Step one: 39% of their employer’s salary - 1 year of service
•Step two: 40% of their employer’s salary - 2 years of service
•Step three: 41% of their employer’s salary - 3 years of service
•Step four: 42% of their employer’s salary - 4 years of service
•Step five: 44% of their employer’s salary - 8 years of service
Meanwhile, the Library Director, Election Commission Secretary, and Soil Conservation Secretary would be on the same scale, with their salaries being a percentage of the same $65,221 baseline. Full-time employees at the libraries and the senior citizens director would get a percentage of $65,221 based on the following scale:
•Step one: 31% of $65,221 - 1 year of service
•Step two: 32% of $65,221 - 2 years of service
•Step three: 34% of $65,221 - 3 years of service
•Step four: 35% of $65,221 - 4 years of service
•Step five: 37% of $65,221 - 8 years of service
Part-time County General Employees (excluding part time employees of the ambulance service) would earn $10.00 per hour under the plan, while custodians would get a 2.158% increase in pay.
The director of the Landfill would earn $42,000 per year, and employees of the landfill would be paid at the following rates:
Drivers with Commercial Driver Licenses (CDL):
•$13.00 per hour for 1 year of service
•$14.00 per hour for 3 years of service
•$15.00 per hour for 5 years of service
•$16.00 per hour for 7 years of service
Laborers would be paid at the following rates:
•$12.00 per hour for 1 year of service
•$13.00 per hour for 3 years of service
•$14.00 per hour for 5 years of service
•$15.00 per hour for 7 years of service
Convenience Center employees would earn $8.50 per hour under the plan.
The committee adopted the plan by a 5-0 vote, and it will be included in the proposed 2016-17 budget, which will go before the entire county commission in July. Members of the budget committee include Wayne Cantrell, Larry Summers, Jack Barton, Jerry Adcock, and Jimmy Midgett.
