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Eastern KY school board sets own minimum wage - $10/hr From Kentucky Press News Service The Floyd County Board of Education approved what Finance Director Matt Wireman called "our own minimum wage" for classified employees this week. During its July 23 meeting, the board unanimously approved increasing the minimum salaries of classified employees so that no employee starts out at less than $10 per hour in the district. Click on headline for more By Mary Meadows, Floyd County Chronicle and Times Original Story URL The Floyd County Board of Education approved what Finance Director Matt Wireman called "our own minimum wage" for classified employees this week. During its July 23 meeting, the board unanimously approved increasing the minimum salaries of classified employees so that no employee starts out at less than $10 per hour in the district. The approval also provides longevity pay increases to classified employees who have worked 25 years or longer so that their reward for length of service comes with the same pay increase steps as other certified staff. The salary increases will benefit bus monitors, school clerks, custodians, media techs, school aides, cooks, and other classified employees who currently start at less than $10 per hour. "Alright, so here's the proposed revisions," Wireman said. "Create one salary schedule for all of those positions that were less than $10 and put them all at $10 an hour. So, essentially, we are setting our own minimum wage." He said the district would revise the salary schedules for health assistants and increase their contract days of the year because of additional duties and requirements, they have. He also explained that by moving cooks and janitors to $10 per hour starting out, their wages will be similar to supervisors of those positions and recommended a salary schedule for supervisors that starts at $11 per hour and increases with length of service. He recommended the district change the way cooks are paid, reporting that there are currently four-hour, six-hour and seven-hour cooks working at schools. He suggested moving all cooks into seven-hour positions, reporting that two cooks who want to remain at six-hours can do so, but those positions will remain as seven-hour positions when they retire. Wireman told board members that the approximate cost of these changes is $297,700, with the majority, $187,000 coming out of the district's general fund and $110,000 coming out of the food service fund. Wireman said the three-percent longevity increases for classified employees who work 25 years or more will cost $31,720. Wireman said these changes "have the potential" to impact 290 classified employees either this year or within the next three years. He made the recommendation to approve the changes. "We need to bring them up to $10 an hour," Wireman said. "Can we sustain it?" Chairperson Sherry Robinson asked. "I don't want to get three or four years down the road and it come back and bite us." Wireman said adjustments may be needed in the future. "It's unpredictable," he said. "I say right now, we can, but it's like, is it going to rain next week?" Robinson agreed with Wireman about the need for the pay increases, but voiced hesitation. "I feel like you. I feel like we need to, but sometimes when you want to and need to do something, the actual means and being able to do it are two different things," she said. Wireman created the proposal following a request made by Board member Dr. Chandra Varia during a special meeting in June. She complained because some district employees made just over minimum wage. This week, she asked for increases in contract days for janitors, talking about a janitor who can't afford to buy food because his pay was decreased. Wireman explained that all classified workers who are not substitutes earn the same paycheck throughout the year and it doesn't change unless he or she misses work and doesn't have accumulated time to make up for the missed days. "We can't pay for services not rendered," Wireman said. Dr. Varia, however, appeared to be thrilled with the salary increases for these employees, making the motion to approve it. She said the district "can do better than this, but this is the beginning." Board member Linda Gearheart seconded the motion. "I can go home now," Dr. Varia said after the vote. This story was posted on 2018-07-27 01:53:40
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