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Regarding the Board of Supervisors (BOS) meeting held on 2/5/14, agenda items 9,10,&11:
On 1/9/2013, the first meeting of the new board, Supervisor Smith appointed his Executive Assistant, Marlene Pearce at pay grade 5, salary $46,987. Now a year later he and Supervisors House & Chase want to give their Ex Assts. a raise of over $10,000 a year to $57,241 (22+%). No one in this county has received a raise in 6+ years unless promoted.
The BOS went to the Human Resources Dept. (HR) asking for a reclassification for their Ex Assts. HR said they would do an analysis to see if it was warranted. HR did not do it fast enough for them so these Supervisors used the description for Assistant to the County Manager. They copied that job description word for word with a few enhancements added in and have created the position, Assistant to the BOS. They used the exact pay scale for their new classification, $54,454 – $75,192. Current Ex Asst. scale is $42,515 – $58,760. They said they had 3 votes and didn’t need HR and chose to proceed themselves, without following appropriate Pinal County policy. It is my understanding that HR has finished their analysis and stated that no change is warranted.
At the 2/27/13 Meeting Supervisor Smith said there would be no reclassifications of pay grades approved until the compensation study was completed – it is NOT complete. To circumvent this, these Supervisors claim it is not a reclassification, it’s a new job title.
Supervisors Smith, House and Chase have elevated themselves above following Pinal County policy! They have forgotten that they work for the citizens of Pinal County.
/s/ Beverly Polmanteer
Eloy
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