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:.\eoo rt 43 PAC COMMISSIONER LYONS STATED THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THE MAXIMUM MERIT INCREASE MORE THAN 5% AND HAVE SOME FLEXIBILITY BETWEEN THE QUARTILES. CHAIRMAN SIEBERT FELT THAT THE EXCELLENT EMPLOYEE WHO ONLY GETS 8.5% WILL BE HURT AT TODAY'S INFLATION RATE. COMMISSIONER LYONS NOTED THAT HE HAD NOT REALIZED THAT AN 8.5% COST OF LIVING INCREASE WAS BEING SUGGESTED IN ADDITION TO THE MERIT INCREASE. THE BOARD CONFIRMED THAT BOTH A COST OF LIVING AND A MERIT INCREASE WERE BEING CONSIDERED. COORDINATOR THOMAS POINTED OUT THAT THE COST OF LIVING RATE WAS 14.7% LAST YEAR, AND NO ONE WILL CATCH UP WITH IT REGARDLESS OF THE MERIT INCREASES. COMMISSIONER LYONS STATED THAT HE STILL FELT THAT IF WE ARE GOING TO STRAIGHTEN OUT THE SALARY PLAN, YOU CANNOT GIVE THE MAXIMUM ACROSS-THE-BOARD BECAUSE ALL YOU DO IS CONTINUE TO BUILD UP THE ONES WHO WERE OVERPAID TO BEGIN WITH, AND HE SUGGESTED THAT POSSIBLY THE ACROSS-THE-BOARD INCREASE SHOULD BE LESS AND THEN MAKE IT UP WITH THE MERIT INCREASE. CHAIRMAN SIEBERT FELT THAT IF AN EMPLOYEE IS WORTH HAVING ON THE PAYROLL, -.HE IS ENTITLED TO THE 8.5%, WHICH IS THE MIDWAY POINT OF THE PRESIDENTS GUIDELINES. COMMISSIONER LYONS AND THE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT ALL AGREED THEY WOULD GO ALONG WITH AN 8.5% COST OF LIVING INCREASE, PLUS A MAXIMUM MERIT INCREASE OF 5%. COMMISSIONER Loy POINTED OUT THAT THE SAFEGUARD IN IMPLE- MENTING THE PLAN IS THAT THE 5% MERIT INCREASE MONEY SET ASIDE IN THE BUDGET WILL NOT EXCEED 2.5% OF THE TOTAL SALARY BUDGET. COMMISSIONER LYONS SUGGESTED THAT THE PERCENTAGE FOR MERIT INCREASES BE DIVIDED AMONG THE QUARTILES AS FOLLOWS: 4TH QUARTILE - 0%; 3RD QUARTILE - 1%; 2ND QUARTILE - 3%; AND IST QUARTILE - 5%. COMMISSIONER LOY AGREED THAT THE QUARTILE SYSTEM WOULD BE ANOTHER SAFEGUARD TO GUARANTY THAT EFFORTS WILL BE MADE TO GIVE THE MERIT INCREASES ONLY WHERE THEY ARE DESERVED. SHE BELIEVED THAT BY STRESSING THE QUARTILE SYSTEM AND DEFINING THE AMOUNT OF MONEY SET