On January 4, 2024, the Second District Court of Appeal, Division 6, unanimously rejected the first lawsuit challenging a county retirement board's implementation of the California Supreme Court's.
In order to better equalize the pay rate of county employees, Salt Lake County performed a review of the area’s pay structure, placing emphasis on individuals at the bottom of the pay scale.
Lisa Hemann addressed commissioners' concerns about revenues exceeding expenditures and reviewed general proposed numbers for the 2024 budget. She explained that expenditures exceeding revenues in county fund balances is part of a normal budgeting process. Commissioners allocate excess revenues into certain funds over time to cover items like ongoing maintenance and capital improvement projects. The
Instead of solving the overall problem, the proposal would essentially just raise the pay of the dozen or so highest-paid employees and leave everyone else where they were.