County Commission to examine employee salary change

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Floyd County Commissioners are slated to examine salary changes at their Tuesday meeting, tweaks that if approved by the commission would result in higher starting salaries for all county employees.

The commission is scheduled to meet at 4 p.m. at the Floyd County Administration Building, 12 E. Fourth Ave. , for its caucus. Its regularly scheduled meeting will follow at 6 p.m.

The suggested change, if enacted, would take a 2½ percent raise given to employees after the first six months of employment and move it to their start date. It also would lengthen employees’ probationary periods to 12 months from six months.

The salary change requires an amendment to the county’s code of ordinances. Commissioners will first examine that amendment Tuesday. They’re scheduled to vote on it at their March 10 meeting.

“It’s an attempt to get starting pay up,” County Manager Jamie McCord said. “The commissioners decided — let’s do it for everyone.”

The commission initially discussed increasing starting salaries for public safety officers only, later broadening it to all county employees.

A certified county police officer currently starts at $28,945. That would rise to $29,669, if commissioners approve the change.

In other matters, the commission likely will discuss the ongoing process of writing a recreation agreement with Rome. Both local governments have approved key points that attorneys will incorporate into a formal agreement, which the Rome and Floyd County commissions are expected to approve at a joint meeting.

No date is set for the joint meeting.

Click to see a County Commission agenda.

Source: Rome News

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