IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON, MISSOURI
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AN ORDINANCE repealing schedule I to chapter 2, Jackson County Code, 1984, relating to County associates not within the Merit System, and enacting, in lieu thereof, one new schedule relating to the same subject.
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ORDINANCE NO. 5763, June 15, 2023
INTRODUCED BY DaRon McGee, County Legislator
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WHEREAS, by Resolution 20104, dated March 11, 2019, the Legislature did award a contract to Evergreen Solutions, LLC, of Tallahassee, FL, to perform a compensation study relating to all County associates, and,
WHEREAS, Evergreen completed the study, which made recommendations regarding new salary ranges for all County positions and the proper placement of all County associates within those ranges; and,
WHEREAS, by Ordinance 5373, dated June 29, 2020, the Legislature adopted Evergreen's recommendations in the study regarding associates not within the Merit System and implemented the new ranges by the revision of certain provisions of chapter 2 of the Jackson County Code; and,
WHEREAS, in this implementation, Ordinance 5373 deleted from schedule I certain historical positions in County government that did not have incumbents at the time of implementation; and,
WHEREAS, the Auditor now recommends that four of these former positions, Audit Assistant, Senior Assistant Auditor, and Assistant Auditor, and Assistant Compliance Review Officer, be added back into schedule I as members of the staff of the Legislature at appropriate salary ranges; and,
WHEREAS, the Auditor also recommends that a Communications Officer position be added to the Auditor's Office, as a member of the staff of the Legislature; and,
WHEREAS, the Auditor further recommends that the Colonel position be re-established in the Office of the Sheriff; and,
WHEREAS, the Auditor additionally recommends that all non-merit salary ranges be increased by 3% as shown on the attachment, to assist associates in dealing with inflation; and
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