July 23, 2014 at 2:10 p.m.
County pay scale tuned (04/23/07)
Jay County Commissioners
By By MARY ANN LEWIS-
The pay scale for county employees may get some fine tuning in the next few months.
Jonna Reece of Reece Consulting, Muncie, presented Jay County Commissioners Milo Miller Jr., Gary Theurer, and Faron Parr with a revised proposed pay scale as well as updated job descriptions this morning.
The amended pay scale presented this morning by Reece recommends a starting wage of $12.50 per hour for truck drivers for the county highway department. Drivers currently start at $9.99 per hour.
Highway department superintendent Ken Wellman and sheriff Ray Newton have expressed concern to commissioners as well as council members about some areas of the pay plan - especially the starting wages for some employees.
Reece told commissioners, "You're a little below," concerning the starting wages for hourly employees in the those departments.
But overall, "you do very well by your employees," she said about the pay plan. "You're about 2 percent ahead of the curve in increases."
Reece will be meeting with county council members on May 9 to discuss what is needed as the council prepares to head into budget hearings in June.
Additionally today, meeting as the drainage board, commissioners opened four bids for the purchase of an excavator for the surveyor's office.
Bids came from Holt Equipment for a John Deere at $98,500 with trade; McCallister for a Caterpillar for $104,608 with trade; McDonald for a Case for $99,042.07 with trade; and Brandeis for a Komatsu for $88,965 with trade.
The board tabled all bids to allow surveyor Brad Daniels look them over before making a recommendation.
Additionally, Daniels expressed concern to the board about changes to the federal government's Clean Water Act.
The government is proposing changing "navigable waters of the U.S. to "waters of the U.S."
"These changes would require additional permits to work on our farm drainage ditches and perhaps even our field tile," Daniels said.
"This means that every bit of water will be controlled by this federal act," he added. "There's already a lot of restrictions, we already have enough. To increase them would be a hindrance."[[In-content Ad]]
Jonna Reece of Reece Consulting, Muncie, presented Jay County Commissioners Milo Miller Jr., Gary Theurer, and Faron Parr with a revised proposed pay scale as well as updated job descriptions this morning.
The amended pay scale presented this morning by Reece recommends a starting wage of $12.50 per hour for truck drivers for the county highway department. Drivers currently start at $9.99 per hour.
Highway department superintendent Ken Wellman and sheriff Ray Newton have expressed concern to commissioners as well as council members about some areas of the pay plan - especially the starting wages for some employees.
Reece told commissioners, "You're a little below," concerning the starting wages for hourly employees in the those departments.
But overall, "you do very well by your employees," she said about the pay plan. "You're about 2 percent ahead of the curve in increases."
Reece will be meeting with county council members on May 9 to discuss what is needed as the council prepares to head into budget hearings in June.
Additionally today, meeting as the drainage board, commissioners opened four bids for the purchase of an excavator for the surveyor's office.
Bids came from Holt Equipment for a John Deere at $98,500 with trade; McCallister for a Caterpillar for $104,608 with trade; McDonald for a Case for $99,042.07 with trade; and Brandeis for a Komatsu for $88,965 with trade.
The board tabled all bids to allow surveyor Brad Daniels look them over before making a recommendation.
Additionally, Daniels expressed concern to the board about changes to the federal government's Clean Water Act.
The government is proposing changing "navigable waters of the U.S. to "waters of the U.S."
"These changes would require additional permits to work on our farm drainage ditches and perhaps even our field tile," Daniels said.
"This means that every bit of water will be controlled by this federal act," he added. "There's already a lot of restrictions, we already have enough. To increase them would be a hindrance."[[In-content Ad]]
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