By SALINA POST
Sheriff's office pay plan, remodeling, and the jail project update are among the items on the Saline County Commission agenda for Tuesday.
About the meeting
Saline County Commission is scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. Tuesday in room 107 of the City-County Building, 300 W. Ash Street. The meetings also can be viewed on Saline County’s YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwwZp_cTSJ3Nepp_5rOGevA.
To participate in the meetings, citizens will need to use the Zoom link. Use the following link and put in the Meeting ID and passcode:
https://zoom.us/j/96835819901?pwd=bUEvaExUb2ppMEFaUnd6cUd6MmNMUT09
Meeting ID: 968 3581 9901
Passcode: 144636
For further information, contact the County Commission’s Office at (785) 309-5825.
Agenda items
Commissioners are considering approving the 2021-2023 Sheriff's Office Bargaining Unit Work Agreement which includes the following.
●Implement the Wichita State University salary study with placement at the recommended new grade and the first step that provides at least a five percent increase in salary, except that no member of the bargaining unit with at one year of experience in their current position shall be placed below Step 2 in the new grade, effective Dec. 26, 2022.
●Apply a 2.5 percent increase to the 2022 pay plan effective Dec. 26, 2022.
Additionally, commissioners are scheduled to consider approving the 2023 Saline County Association of Public Employees Work Agreement which includes the following.
●Implement the Wichita State University salary study with placement at the recommended new grade and the first step that provides at least a five percent increase in salary effective Dec. 26, 2022.
●Apply a 2.5 percent increase to the 2022 pay plan effective Dec. 26, 2022.
●With the exception of salaries, extend the terms and conditions of the 2020-2022 work agreement for one year to expire Dec. 31, 2023.
Other items on the Saline County Commission agenda for Tuesday include the following.
●Consider proclaiming October 2022 as Domestic Violence Awareness Month.
●Consider awarding a contract for remodeling at the former juvenile detention facility to Harbin Construction in the amount of $225,900, including a $16,000 project contingency and $21,800 in design fees.
●Consider issuing a request for qualifications for construction manager at risk for the creation of two new courtrooms.
●Consider proceeding with the annex building at the new Saline County Jail site.
●Hear the quarterly update from emergency management.
●Hear a jail project update.
●Hear County Administrator Phillip Smith-Hanes' update.
To see the full Saline County Commission agenda for Tuesday, click here and then click on the Oct. 11 link.