Requested Agenda Date:
12/10/2024
Requested Agenda Title:
Title
Public Hearing to Receive Comment on a Proposed Compensation Increase of 3.5% in the 2025 Salt Lake County Budget for Certain "Executive County Officers," as Defined and Required by Utah Code Ann. Section 17-16-14(2)
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Requested Agenda Item Description: The 2024 Utah Legislature enacted provisions, codified at Utah Code Ann. Section 17-16-14(2), requiring that "Before a county legislative body may adopt a final budget or a final amended budget that includes a compensation increase for an executive county officer, the county legislative body shall . . . hold a public hearing on the compensation increase." That same section provides that in Salt Lake County, 'executive county officers' are "individual(s) appointed by the county executive to a position requiring the advice and consent of the county legislative body, as provided by county ordinance." County ordinance, at Section 2.06A.020(A)(4), provides that "the Mayor's appointment of deputy mayors, associate deputy mayors, and department directors shall be subject to the advice and consent of the council," which means that deputy mayors, associate deputy mayors, and department directors appointed by the Mayor are the relevant 'executive county officers' for the purposes of the hearing requirement of Utah Code Ann. Section 17-16-14(2). The Mayor's proposed 2025 budget and the Council's recommended 2025 budget both provide a salary adjustment in the amount of 3.5% for employees in an appointed status, including "executive county officers." This amount is identical to the salary increases provided to the county's other employees and elected officials in the Council's recommended 2025 budget. Under County ordinance, the Council sets the salaries of elected officials and approves a pay plan for the County's merit employees, but ...
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