Wage study

The health department union rep urged the board to extend wage study benefits to union employees immediately and criticized favoritism toward managers and lower pay for new hires.

The FOC investigator and union rep asked for equal treatment: the same effective date for union and non-union staff and release of the full Baker Tilly study.

The FOC union president described needing a second weekend job despite full-time county work and asked for a consistent timeline for all employees.

She criticized the 'backroom deal' on elected officials' pay and urged a no vote on the wage study as written.

The Spring Lake resident tied public trust concerns together, urging careful review of the wage study's union exclusion and an EPA public hearing resolution.