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CHAIRMAN SIEBERT INFORMED THE BOARD THAT FINANCE OFFICER HOCKMAN WOULD REVIEW WITH THEM THE BUDGET INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE COMING YEAR. w1: i MR. HOCKMAN PRESENTED THE BOARD WITH A TENTATIVE BUDGET SCHEDULE AND NOTED THAT AN EXTRA COPY OF THE BUDGET BOOK WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PRESS ON THE PRESS TABLE AND ONE WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN THE OFFICE OF MRS. FORLANI, SECRETARY TO THE BOARD. HE THEN WENT THROUGH THE BUDGET FOLDER PAGE BY PAGE EXPLAINING THE NEW FORMS, HOW THEY ARE BROKEN DOWN, AND THE PROCEDURES TO BE USED ' FILLING THEM IN. HE STATED -THAT HE AND HIS ASSISTANT, RAY CORDER, WILL BE AVAILABLE TO ASSIST ANY DEPARTMENT IN FILLING OUT THESE FORMS. CHAIRMAN SIEBERT CONGRATULATED MR, HOCKMAN ON HIS WORK, THE CHAIRMAN NEXT DISCUSSED THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE COMMISSION IN REGARD TO SALARY INCREASES FOR THE COMING YEAR AND SAID HE FELT WE SHOULD DECIDE ON A PERCENTAGE TO SHOOT FOR EVEN THOUGH WE CANNOT PROMISE ANYTHING UNTIL WE GET DONE WITH THE BUDGET, AT WHICH TIME AN ADJUSTMENT MAY HAVE TO HE MADE. HE SUGGESTED CONSIDERING A 5% ACROSS-THE-BOARD INCREASE WITH AN ADDITIONAL 47 MERIT INCREASE, OR A TOTAL OF 9%. HE NOTED THAT WE HAVE TO PAY A LIVING WAGE AND MAKE SURE OUR SALARIES ARE COMPETITIVE, AND HE FELT WITH THIS APPROACH YOU COULD REWARD AN EMPLOYEE ' l WHO IS DOING AN OUTSTANDING JOB AND AT THE SAME TIME TAKE CARE OF AN i EMPLOYEE WHO IS DOING THEIR JOB ADEQUATELY. HE STATED THAT THE TOTAL =� I PACKAGE WOULD AMOUNT TO APPROXIMATELY $300,000. DISCUSSION FOLLOWED, AND IT WAS GENERALLY FELT THAT 9% WAS A HIGH FIGURE; FRINGE BENEFITS WERE BROUGHT UP, AND IT WAS SUGGESTED _ THAT A FLYER BE PUT IN THE EMPLOYEES PAY ENVELOPES SETTING OUT FOR ' THEM EXACTLY WHAT THESE BENEFITS AMOUNT TO -IN DOLLARS AND CENTS PER YEAR. l 74 _ 4 - atm! f:• •Prl. Tk _ �-, i -_ _ ?ywY:. ..7 I1 1 ;1 soak �A A JUN i fU 1976 a w1: i