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Option 1: To lower the starting salary from what the County had proposed and instead use that <br /> money to single out a small group of highly paid Deputies and give to them large percentage <br /> increases, as much as 8.8%for most.This option was rejected by the County since it did not <br /> achieve the Sheriff's objective of raising the Deputies' starting salary with the goal of becoming <br /> competitive with surrounding law enforcement agencies. In addition,the County notes that <br /> Option 1 as proposed,reduced the amount of available funds so as to allow the Sheriff to afford <br /> lower level Deputies salary increases to address compression issues at the expense of larger <br /> increases to more senior Deputies. <br /> Option 2: To afford every Deputy in the bargaining unit a flat$3,250 increase. Option 2 was also <br /> rejected by the County since the County believed that this Option if implemented would do an <br /> injustice to those at the higher end of the wage scale and more importantly,would exceed the total <br /> funds allocated by the County Commission for wage increases for the fiscal year 2018-19. <br /> The County,through approval by the Board of County Commissioners, approved funds which <br /> would permit a 5% increase to all employees, a position rejected by the Union. <br /> DISCUSSION <br /> A. The Established Statutory Criteria <br /> Section 447.405 of the Florida Statues provides, in relevant part, that in formulating a <br /> recommendation on the subject issue, the Special Magistrate must consider the following <br /> criteria: <br /> 1. Comparison of the annual income of employment of the public employees in question <br /> with the annual income of employment maintained for the same or similar work of <br /> employees exhibiting like or similar skills under the same or similar working conditions <br /> in the local operating area involved. <br /> 3 <br /> 7 <br />