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p P R 14 1982 B ox 49 pw 392 Chairman Scurlock noted that there has been an evaluation of Board secretary Liz Forlani through the Personnel Department, but he did not believe that process is very clean or clear, and we must have clear guidelines. Commissioner Fletcher asked who has priority in instructing the Board secretaries - whether the Board does or the Administrator, and Commissioner Lyons stated that his recommendation is that the Administrator, the Attorney and the Board secretaries report directly to the Board of County Commissioners. The Chairman called for the question. It was voted on and carried unanimously. DISCUSS NEED FOR WAGE AND SALARY SURVEY Commissioner Lyons commented that the matter of a wage and salary survey has been more or less banging in the air for some time, and this year particularly, he felt we should know whether we are paying our County employees properly or whether some changes should be made. He asked what steps are being taken in regard to such a survey. Assistant Administrator Greene stated that, assuming staff is instructed to make a survey, he would recommend hiring a consultant through the usual advertising process to do an in-depth study and attempting to coordinate the survey with the Constitutional Officers. Commissioner Lyons stated that he wanted something done to know how we stand sometime this year, and discussion followed as to the possibility of obtaining continuing services from Mr. Pelligrini of Cody & Associates, who did our earlier survey and having that survey updated. Assistant Administrator Greene concurred that particu- larly with the changes and reorganization that has occurred, we need to amend and update job descriptions to make them current, but he still recommended that we prepare specifications and seek competitive proposals through formal 38