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BOARD CONSIDER GIVING AN 8.5%:COST OF LIVING INCREASE, PLUS A 57 MERIT INCREASE. IN ORDER TO BUDGET AS PROPERLY AS POSSIBLE THE AMOUNT OF MONEY WE WOULD HAVE TO SET ASIDE FOR MERIT INCREASES, SHE RECOMMENDED THAT APPROXIMATELY 2.5% OF THE SALARY BUDGET BE RE- SERVED FOR THIS PURPOSE. SHE EMPHASIZED THAT THE MERIT INCREASES ARE INTENDED TO BE A REWARD FOR THE EMPLOYEE WHO REALLY PRODUCES: EVALUATIONS MUST BE DONE: AND NO MERIT INCREASE WOULD BE OVER 57. ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR NELSON INFORMED THE BOARD THAT CODY HAS GIVEN PERSONNEL DIRECTOR DONLON A ROUGH COPY OF THE EVALUA- TION PROCEDURE: ITIS BEING STAFFED RIGHT NOW: AND THEY SHOULD HAVE SOMETHING TO RECOMMEND SHORTLY. HE FELT THE EVALUATIONS, WHICH ARE NEEDED TO JUSTIFY MERIT INCREASES, ACTUALLY WOULD GO ON INTO JUNE AND JULY. FINANCE OFFICER BARTON COMMENTED THAT BUDGETS ARE TO BE SUBMITTED TO HIM BY THE 15TH OF JUNE, INTERGOVERNMENTAL COORDINATOR THOMAS.BELIEVED THAT IF YOU DO NOT HAVE SOME KIND OF MERIT INCREASES, YOU HAVE KILLED THE INCEN- TIVE FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO DO THE WORK. COMMISSIONER LYONS STATED THAT ONE WAY TO WORK OUT MERIT INCREASES IS TO QUARTILE ALL EMPLOYEES - SEPARATE THEM INTO QUARTERS AND RANK THEM AGAINST EACH OTHER. HE FURTHER NOTED THAT UNDER THE QUARTILE SYSTEM, AS HE HAD WORKED WITH IT PREVIOUSLY, YOU COULD NOT CHANGE MORE THAN ONE QUARTILE FROM YEAR TO YEAR. IN OTHER WORDS, THIS WOULD PREVENT YOU FROM TAKING THOSE AT THE TOP QUARTILE AND DROPPING THEM TO THE BOTTOM AND CONTINUALLY MOVING'ALL PERSONNEL IN THAT FASHION. CHAIRMAN SIEBERT FELT THAT WAS A VERY GOOD SUGGESTION, AND IT WAS AGREED THAT SUCH A SYSTEM WOULD MAKE THE DEPARTMENT HEADS SCRUTINIZE THEIR PERSONNEL. ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR NELSON COMMENTED THAT ALTHOUGH THE EVALUATIONS CANNOT BE CARRIED OUT AND COMPLETED IMMEDIATELY, THEY WOULD HAVE TO MOLD THEIR SYSTEM TO COMPLY WITH THE BUDGET, AND 000RDI- NATOR THOMAS AGREED THAT IF YOU USE THE QUARTILE SYSTEM, YOU CAN FIGURE OUT THE PERCENTAGES. 69 MAY 7 1980 aoK -1,=3. PAGE 485'.