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BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
AGENDA REQUEST
DATE: September 17, 2013
TO: Honorable Chairman and Members of the Board
FROM: Kay Godwin
SUBJECT: COLA Employee Pay Increase FY14
DEPARTMENT: Human Resources
BCC DISTRICT: All
STATEMENT OF ISSUE: Approve a Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) pay increase for
county employees.
BACKGROUND: Through the Fiscal Year 2014 budget development process, the Board
appropriated funding for a COLA pay increase for county employees.
Subject to Board approval, the approximate $1400 annual increase COLA will be awarded
effective 9-30-13 (pay period ending 10-13-13) according to the following guidelines:
Full time regular employees who have completed their initial 6 month probationary periods
before 10-1-13 will receive a pay adjustment equivalent to a $1400 annual increase,
including employees who are at or above the maximum of their salary ranges. For
employees who work 40 hours per week, this will amount to 67 cents per hour (rounded
down to the nearest cent per hour).
Part time regular employees who have completed their initial 6 month probationary periods
before 10-1-13 will receive an increase of 67 cents per hour, including employees who are
at or above the maximum of their salary ranges.
Probationary, temporary, seasonal and emergency relief status employees will not receive
the COLA adjustment.
Full and part time employees who work schedules in excess of 2080 hours annually, such as
Correctional Officers and Public Safety, will receive a prorated hourly adjustment (rounded
down to the nearest penny) that equals a $1400 annual increase.
County Extension employees who are paid by both the state and county will receive a
proportionate share of $1400 relative to the percentage of their salaries paid by the county
as outlined in the cooperative agreement with the University of Florida.
Any increases for grant funded positions will be subject to the guidelines listed above, and
subject to availability of grant funding for each such position.
OPTIONS: Approve or Modify
RECOMMENDATIONS: Approve the COLA pay adjustment be awarded as recommended
by the County Administrator and outlined above.
RECOMMENDED BY:
APPROVED BY:
Ernie Padgett, County Administrator