CARTHAGE, Mo. —
Funding for 2 percent pay hikes for county workers could show up on September payrolls if the Jasper County Commission follows up today on discussions started Monday with elected county officials.
Commissioners heard no objections when they told other elected officials they wanted to authorize funding for the worker pay hikes. John Bartosh, presiding commissioner, noted commissioners had talked earlier about a midyear pay boost for workers who have not seen a pay hike in a number of years.
“It’s been a while,” he said. “We asked Richard (Webster, county auditor and budget officer) to calculate the costs, and we’d like to do 2 percent.”
Webster said he did not know how long it had been since the commission last authorized funding for a countywide, across-the-board pay hike, but Tony Moehr, county health director, said he believed county workers were in their fifth year with no pay change.
“We had talked earlier about doing it midyear,” Bartosh added. “It’s too late for August, but we’d like to get it on the September paycheck.”
Commissioners acknowledged that pay hikes had been approved in some offices, and for some workers separately from commission action. And, they acknowledged that, under state law, it is up to the officeholder as to how the funding will be allocated among workers once it is approved by the panel.
The cost for the remainder of the year will be $76,000, and for the 2013 budget year, about $260,000.
Webster was asked to calculate county costs for raises ranging from 1 to 4 percent, said Darieus Adams, Western District associate commissioner.
“We wanted to do 3 percent,” added Jim Honey, Eastern District associate commissioner.
Adams noted the county expects to lose $350,000 in revenue if the Missouri General Assembly does to overturn the governor’s veto to reinstate a sales tax normally paid to counties on cars purchased out of state.
“This is something we thought we could start this year, and maintain next year,” he said.
Today
Pay is listed as an item for the commission’s meeting set for 9 a.m. today in the county courthouse in Carthage.
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