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MAR 2 51981 soon 46 )� MOTION WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER FLETCHER TO PROPOSE A 6% COST OF LIVING INCREASE AND MERIT INCREASES OF A POSSIBLE 6% MAXIMUM. THE MOTION DIED FOR LACK OF A SECOND, COMMISSIONER WODTKE DISCUSSED THE CODY PLAN THE BOARD ADOPTED IN THE LAST YEAR OR SO TO GET THE COUNTY INTO THE PROPER PAY SCALES, JOB DESCRIPTIONS, ETC., AND AFFORD THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME IN WITH A MERIT TYPE RAISE. HE BELIEVED WE ARE DEVELOPING DEPARTMENT HEADS WITH'THE STRENGTH AND FORTITUDE TO ANALYZE PEOPLE FAIRLY. COMMISSIONER WODTKE WENT ON TO TALK ABOUT HIS DESIRE TO GIVE EVERY- ONE A RAISE, BUT POINTED OUT THAT THESE RAISES RESULT IN HAVING TO PAY ADDITIONAL FICA, WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION, ETC., AND IT, THEREFORE, COSTS A LOT MORE THAN 11% TO GET AN 11% SALARY RAISE. HE CONTINUED THAT HE FELT WE HAVE TO FOLLOW THE URGINGS OF PRESIDENT REAGAN AND MAKE SACRIFICES TO PREVENT THE SPIRAL IN OUR ECONOMY. COMMISSIONER WODTKE STATED THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO LOOK AT A TOTAL, WHETHER IT BE COST OF LIVING OR MERIT INCREASE, AND HE WOULD HAVE A PROBLEM OF EXCEEDING ANYTHING IN THE COMING YEAR OVER 9% OR 10% TOTAL. HE NOTED THAT HE DID NOT HAVE ANY DOCUMENTED FIGURES ON WHICH TO BASE THESE FIGURES AND HE WOULD HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH WAITING FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. HE COMMENTED, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE NEW COMMISSIONERS, THAT HE_HAS NOT BEEN IN THE MAJORITY IN THE PAST IN REGARD TO HIS THOUGHTS REGARDING SALARY INCREASES, AND HE HAS NOT BEEN IN TOTAL AGREEMENT WITH THE SALARY RAISES WE HAVE NAD, WHICH IS NO REFLECTION ON THE EMPLOYEES. COMMISSIONER WODTKE BELIEVED WE NEED TO PAY FAIR AND ADEQUATE WAGES FOR THE RESPECTIVE JOBS, BUT HE HAD A PROBLEM WITH ADDING PERCENT ON PERCENT YEAR AFTER YEAR. COMMISSIONER SCURLOCK STATED THAT WE HAVE AN ACCOUNTABILITY TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC, AND REITERATED THAT WE NEED MORE OF A TOTAL PICTURE AND MORE DETAILED INFORMATION. CHAIRMAN LYONS NOTED THAT WE ALSO HAVE AN ACCOUNTABILITY TO THE EMPLOYEES AND MUST COME UP WITH AN ANSWER AT THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE DATE.