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Comm. Minutes--June 20, 1989 281 The salary proposal does not provide increases for all County employees. It attempts to bring people to the midpoint of their pay range within five years of their employment, The proposal makes no recommendation to cut any employee's salaries, The Committee recognized and would like to emphasize to the Commission that the reason this committee, or first Bob Black, was engaged was that something was wrong with the pay system. This proposal attempts to bring into focus some of the inequities and to correct them. He emphasized that the original committee recommended retaining a Personnel Director, at least before 1990. It was their opinion that a merit program could be implemented for a reasonable amount. Mr. Hoy repeated that the Grievance Committee made no effort to grade individuals. He felt the Commission should send the proposal back to department heads for their input to determine if there are raises proposed in their department which they feel are too high. He also felt that the County Commission should evaluate department heads to some degree to determine if the salary proposal is warranted. At the conclusion of Mr. Hoy's presentation, Commissioners were invited to ask questions and a number of employees, department heads, and members of the public who were present were allowed time to speak on the salary proposal. On behalf of the Sheriff's Office, Sheriff Don Rudnick wanted to know what the appeal process is, as he feels there are some problems with the proposal. He suggested a meeting with the County Commission or another committee to work out those differences if possible. Mr. Eckert stated that the Commission will take this into consideration. Chairman Eckert stated that the committee worked diligently, and he thanked them for the difficult job they did in preparing a salary proposal. MOTION, passed Mr. Shannon moved and Mrs. Toussaint seconded to receive and file the report as received, not to be construed as an adoption. Motion carried. 34. BUDGET IMPACT & EVALUATIONS, Department heads and employees MOTION, passed Mrs. Toussaint moved and Mr. Shannon seconded that 1) all department heads be evaluated by the full Commission by June 30, evaluations to begin on Tuesday, June 27, 8:30 AM at the Courthouse. Evaluations would last approximately 20 minutes each and each Commissioner would submit five questions for the evaluation. 2) All department heads should evaluate their employees taking into consideration that proposed salary adjustments were made on fair market evaluation and not employee performance. Each department would then submit a written proposal to the Commission by June 30 of their intent as to what lesser percent or dollar amount, if not 100%, would be used by their department.