Almost $9 million is proposed to implement a revised Roanoke County pay scale over a three-year span, prioritizing regular raises for its more than 1,000 full-time employees, rather than increasing salaries as an afterthought like in years past, county officials said.
âIâve been here just over 20 years,â said Roanoke County Administrator Dan OâDonnell. âSince I have been here, the county has really lacked any kind of a consistent compensation philosophy.â
In the decade since 2011, Roanoke County made pay adjustments irregularly and as an afterthought, only once other budget priorities were funded, OâDonnell said. Pay adjustments doled out by the county since 2011 average 1.43% annually, which is lower than the 1.67% annual rate of inflation during that same time, according to county data.
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