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A RESOLUTION CONCERNING COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS, CORRECTIONS OFFICIALS - SALARY SCHEDULE “C-O” SCHEDULE OF PAY GRADES for the purpose of amending the Salary Plan of the County to correct the wage rates posted in the Scheduled Pay Rate charts as adopted previously by CR-25-2023 for Department of Corrections Officials.
Background
This Resolution amends the Salary Plan of the County for Captain and Majors in the Department of Corrections, Salary Schedule “C-O”, to reflect corrected wages that were previously adopted by CR-25-2023.
The terms of the Corrections Officials wages mirrored that of the PGCOA Sworn Correctional Officers’ Collective Bargaining Agreement which had a caveat in the language stating that although the two percent (2%) Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) was effective the first full pay period in January 2023, 2% will be added to the minimum pays on the wage scale effective July 1, 2022.
Unfortunately, the 2% COLA was incorrectly applied to the maximum wages effective July 1, 2022. The minimum wages were increased effective July 1, 2022 (although payment was not received until January 2023); however, the maximum wages should only have been increased in January 2023 and not July 2022. Therefore, the maximum wages were incorrect for all of the Salary Schedules adopted by CR-25-2023. The error was not discovered until the legislation had already been through the Council’s Committee process and was subsequently adopted. Therefore, this amendment is needed to correct the wage rates.
A fiscal impact statement will be provided by the Office of Management and Budget.