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THE CHAIRMAN REVIEWED WITH THE BOARD A PROPOSED SCHEDULE FOR BUDGET SESSIONS AND PROPERTY APPRAISAL ADJUSTMENT BOARD MEETINGS. COMMISSIONER LOY BROUGHT UP THE MATTER OF GUIDELINES FOR SALARY INCREASES FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR. SHE NOTED THAT LAST YEAR THE BOARD MADE RECOMMENDATIONS PREVIOUS TO THE DEPARTMENT BUDGETS BEING SUBMITTED. SHE ASKED IF THE BOARD HAD ANY RECOMMENDATIONS THEY WISHED TO MAKE IN THE AREA OF COST OF LIVING INCREASES AS OPPOSED TO MERIT INCREASES OR AS TO THE PERCENTAGES THEY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE FOLLOWED. COMMISSIONER Loy CONTINUED THAT FINANCE OFFICER .JACKSON HAS SENT OUT ALL THE BUDGET.MATERIALS, BUT HAS NOT MADE ANY RECOMMENDATIONS ABOUT THE SALARY CATEGORY. SHE POINTED OUT THAT THE BOARD DOES NOT HAVE TO MAKE ANY RECOMMENDATIONS, BUT SHE FELT SOME SUGGESTED GUIDELINES WOULD MAKE IT EASIER FOR THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS TO PREPARE THEIR BUDGETS AND HAVE THEM MORE IN LINE WITH WHAT THE BOARD WOULD LIKE TO.SEE. CONSIDERABLE DISCUSSION FOLLOWED WITH REGARD TO SUGGESTED "COST OF LIVING" INCREASE PERCENTAGES AND THE DEFINING OF "STEP" INCREASES AS RELATED TO "MERIT. INCREASES AND "GRADE" INCREASES. COMMISSIONER SIEBERT SUGGESTED A FLAT 22 "COST OF LIVING" IN— CREASE, WHICH WOULD GIVE A POTENTIAL OF ANOTHER 5% MERIT INCREASE AT THE EMPLOYEES ANNIVERSARY DATE. .FINANCE OFFICER .JACKSON ASKED IF HE COULD PREPARE A LETTER STATING � THAT THE BOARD WOULD BE RECEPTIVE TO INCREASES NOT EXCEEDING 7I CHAIRMAN WODTKE FELT HE COULD SAY THAT THE BOARD IS RECOMMENDING i AS A GUIDELINE A 2% COST OF LIVING INCREASE WITH A POTENTIAL OF A 5% MERIT INCREASE ON THE EMPLOYEE'S ANNIVERSARY DATE, BUT CANNOT PROMISE THAT THIS WILL BE ATTAINED, ADMINISTRATOR JENNINGS ASKED THAT THE BOARD APPROVE A STANDARD RIGHT—OF—WAY CONTRACT WITH THE DOT ON SECTION 880.60-2514, STATE ROAD 60. ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER Loy, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED RESOLUTION N0. 77-55 AND AUTHORIZED THE CHAIRMAN'S SIGNATURE TO THE RIGHT-OF—WAY CONTRACT WITH THE DOT AS ABOVE. RESOLUTION AND CONTRACT WILL BE MADE A PART OF THE MINUTES WHEN FULLY SIGNED. ATTORNEY COLLINS INFORMED THE BOARD THAT HE HAS TALKED WITH DON ADAMS, BUILDING DIRECTOR, ABOUT THE EOC'S REQUEST TO PAY FOR THEIR BUILDING PERMITS ONCE A MONTH, AND THIS CANNOT BE WORKED OUT. 1I C 54 . R JUN nada 3 ��; 4 1977 `�