A raise for about a half a dozen high-end Chautauqua County managers is being considered.
During this week’s Administrative Services Committee meeting, county lawmakers voted 2-2 on a local law that would provide a 1.5% raise in the 2021 county budget. The local law will go before the legislature’s Audit and Control Committee today for further review. It needs the approval of the full legislature in order to take effect.
The names of those who would receive the raise were not mentioned by the committee.
During the Administrative Services Committee meeting, Stephen Abdella, county attorney, explained that this legislation would only address select managers, since most were already approved for a raise in 2021. “The adopted budget did generally reflect a 3% increase for managers. However in some cases, the departments may not have appropriated those monies for individuals who were at the cap of the salary plan. What this local law would do is adjust the salary plan to increa
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