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Budget Amendments - SB800 (Member Request)

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Chief Patron: Locke
Local Finance Directors Employee Salary Regrade

Item 62 #1s

Item 62 #1s

First Year - FY2025 Second Year - FY2026
Administration
Compensation Board FY2025 $0 FY2026 $1,148,298 GF

Language
Page 61, line 34, strike "$6,930,692" and insert "$8,078,990".

Page 62, after line 17, insert:

"C. Out of the amounts appropriated in this item, $1,148,298 the second year from the general fund is to provide a salary increase for employees in local finance director offices, effective July 1, 2025."



Explanation

(This amendment provides $1.1 million GF the second year to increase salaries for employees in local finance director offices, including an increase of 59.2 percent for positions in Pay Band 1, 33.3 percent for positions in pay Band 2, 11.4 percent for positions in pay Band 4, 8.2 percent for positions in pay Band 7, and 7.5 percent for positions in pay Band 8, effective July 1, 2025. Current salaries are as low as $28,260 compared to an entry level salary of $41,622 in circuit court clerks' offices. The goal of the amendment is to address recruitment and retention challenges.)