Commissioners Hear Initial Report on County Employee Compensation
The Buncombe County Commission met on January 10, 2012 in a continuation of the January 3rd session to hear the first report on the compensation package offered to county employees. Presenters were consultant Drake Maynard, county resource manager Lisa Eby, Social Services Director Mandy Stone, with additional comments by county manager Wanda Greene.
The county has budgeted $150,000 this year for a study of workforce compensation. The initial phase covers employees in health and human services. The study thus far has found that pay of health and human services employees in Buncombe County is in line with the salary and benefits of their counterparts in North Carolina’s 10 largest counties and that the county has saved money by raising pay, which reduced turnover rates and cut training costs.
More details are in the coverage from the Mountain Xpress and the Asheville Citizen-Times. Continue to the next page to hear David’s assessment of the meeting and of the reports that the Commission received.
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