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SALARY PROGRAM FOR LEGAL SECRETARIES The Board reviewed memo from County Attorney Vitunac: TO: Pte,_Board of Cpunty Commissioners FROM: Charles P. VTtunac - County Attorney DATE: August 16, 1988 SUBJECT: Salary Program for Legal Secretaries Pursuant to the Board's policy of establishing appropriate pay levels for its employees, the County Attorney's Office has developed the attached chart which shows what.I would like to use as the pay plan for the County Attorney's Office legal secretarial staff. LSI (Legal Secretary 1) would begin at a base salary of $14,800 and would receive 4% merit increases over each of the next three years to reach a maximum Level of $16,648. The .skills necessary to become an LSI are proficiency in word processing :and typewriting but no Legal secretarial skills.. The chart 'presumes' that after three years the secretary should have all -.experience necessary to advance to an LS l I position. -'I-f-- the -secretary does not possess those skills, the maximum salary would stay as is indicated in the fourth column. The position of LSII requires all the qualifications of LSI and assumes that the secretary possesses all the skills necessary to be a Legal secretary. The salary would begin at $17,314 and would have five step Increases of 4% each year to a maximum of -$21,065.'. At 'th.e end of that time the employee would have reached the _maximum grade .1 -eve I for an LSII position and would not advance to LSIII unless possessing the skills or -:degrees required of a:'paral.egal. LSIII (paralegal) would begin at $21,908 and progress over five years in 4% steps to amaximum of $26,654. The attached survey data indicate that this chart is consistent with St. Lucie, Martin, and Palm Beach Counties, and salaries paid in Vero Beach by the largest law firm. To keep the chart valid considering inflation each year the figures should be adjusted upward or downward by the CPI factors used by the Federal Government. Thus, in today's dollars the range for the legal secretarial staff of the County Attorney's. Office would be from $14,800 to $26,654. 1 would Like to implement this salary study effective October 1, 1988. 1 would recommend that of the present staff of the County Attorney's Office that Joye Lanham be considered to be an LSI 2nd step; Nancy Mossa11 to be an LSII 6th step; and Lea Keller to be an LSIII 1st step. Title 1 2 3 4 5 6 LSI 14,800 .15,392 16,008 16,648 LSII 17,314 18,006 18,727 19,476 20,255 21,065 LS111 21,908 22,784 23,695 24,643 25,629 26,654 E P ® � 8 67 Boole 74 PA' a .351