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creases don't allow local flexibility in such areas as current salary levels, total benefit plans, recent raises, lontf range pay plans and other salaries in the region or received by other county employees, the resolution asserts.
The vote supports appointing a governor’s task force to study various incentive arid merit pay plans, however. This committee would develop guidelines for alternative compensation plans.
“Too often the state mandates programs, then drops interest and funding,” said School Hoard member Paul Nichols. “So 1 like this.”
“If they mandate it, they fund it,” asked Nancy Reeve. She also supported keeping local control of sal-< ary schedules.
School Board chairman Beverly Massie pointed to
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