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JUL 3 01980 BOOK 44 PAcE 168 COMMISSIONER Loy COMMENTED THAT IN THE BOARD'S HASTE TO INDICATE THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT DOES CARRY PRIORITY IN INDIAN RIVER SHE KNEW THAT SHE, FOR ONE, NEGLECTED TO PAY TOO MUCH ATTENTION TO ALL THAT WAS INVOLVED IN LAW ENFORCEMENT. SHE, THEREFORE, TALKED WITH THE SHERIFF AND REQUESTED THAT HE PUT TOGETHER SOME FIGURES TO BRING TO THE BOARD THAT WOULD INDICATE THAT WE WERE STAYING WITHIN THE GUIDELINES WE HAD ESTABLISHED EARLIER OF 8.5% COST OF LIVING WITH A MAXIMUM OF 2.5% TO BE SPREAD AS MERIT INCREASES. SHE CONTINUED THAT SHE STILL IS IN FAVOR OF THE SPECIAL RISK PEOPLE IN LAW ENFORCE- MENT RECEIVING THE 13.5%. SHERIFF JOYCE REVIEWED THE FIGURES FOR THE PROPOSED SALARY CHANGES AND INFORMED THE BOARD THAT HE HAS 33 REGULAR RISK EMPLOYEES FOR WHOM THE SALARIES NOW HAVE BEEN FIGURED AT 11.5%, WHICH WILL BOIL DOWN TO A DIFFERENCE OF ABOUT $6,200, PLUS THE FICA, ETC. THE SHERIFF STATED THAT HE WILL NOT ARGUE ABOUT THIS CHANGE, BUT HE DID NOT APPRECIATE THE REMARKS MADE BY OTHER PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT INVOLVED IN THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE. HE NOTED THAT HE HAS NEVER MADE REMARKS ABOUT ANYONE'S SALARY AND POINTED OUT THAT HE WAS THE ONE THAT CALLED THE GROUP TOGETHER TO ASK FOR GUIDELINES FOR SALARY INCREASES. HE INFORMED THE BOARD THAT HE DID NOT GET A SPECIFIC LETTER EXPLAINING THE GUIDE- LINES AND DID NOT UNDERSTAND ALL OF IT; SO, HE WENT FOR 13.5% ACROSS THE BOARD. HOWEVER, IF THIS IS THE WAY THE COUNTY COMMISSION WISHES IT TO BE, HE WOULD ACCEPT THE 11.5% EVEN THOUGH IT SEEMS HIS DEPARTMENT NEVER GETS WHAT THE OTHERS GET. CHAIRMAN SIEBERT STATED THAT HE IS NOT AT ALL CRITICAL OF WHAT THE SHERIFF DID AND FELT HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED OF THE GUIDELINES DIRECTLY SINCE HE HAD WRITTEN AND ASKED FOR SPECIFIC GUIDE- LINES. HE CONTINUED THAT HE APPRECIATED THE SHERIFF'S ATTITUDE. SHERIFF JOYCE POINTED OUT AFTER THE CODY REPORT WAS MADE, OTHER OFFICES PUT THEIR EMPLOYEES INTO THE PROPER RANGES AND INCREASED SALARIES ACCORDINGLY, BUT THIS WAS NOT DONE IN HIS DEPARTMENT. HE FELT HIS PEOPLE IN THE REGULAR RISK CATEGORY WILL ACCEPT THIS CHANGE THOUGH THEY WILL BE DISAPPOINTED. 7M