District Board of Trustees Approves Budget for 2018-19 Year
June 21, 2018
June 21, 2018 – The District Board of Trustees approved the proposed budget for the 2018-19 fiscal year which beings July 1. The budget, which Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» President Jackson N. Sasser presented to employees Monday, covers expenditures for employee salaries and benefits, current operating expenses, and capital outlay.
Full-time, hourly employees will see the minimum pay increase to $24,960, or a rate of $12/hour. Previously there had been three tiers of full-time hourly pay based on experience. Dr. Sasser said he wants to see that hourly number raised even higher as the college tries to work toward a $15/hour rate, but with no extra funding from the state and increased insurance costs, that kind of rate hike was impossible this fiscal year. Full-time, hourly employees will begin to see the pay increases starting in the new fiscal year.
Full-time salaried employees will receive a one-time, non-recurring supplement of their 2017-18 employment contract. The supplement of $1000 will be based on employees who are full-time personnel as of June 1, 2018, based on their work between April 1, and May 31, 2018. Employees who are full-time, but started working between April 1, and May 31, will receive the supplement on a pro-rated share, based on the days of full-time employment during that time period. The supplement will be paid on the June 30, 2018 pay date.
The board also approved changes to how Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» deals with retirees. Under the new fiscal year, retirees will be eligible for a free Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» retiree email account, an Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» Retiree ID card, free admission to the Kika Silva Pla Planetarium, Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» Teaching Zoo, events at the Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» Fine Arts Hall, the Harvey Sharron Bat Cave Field Laboratory, Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» athletic events, as well as borrowing privileges at the Lawrence W. Tyree library.
The budget also includes funding for the completion of a salary market study for Career Service and Administrative/Professional employees.
The presentation Dr. Sasser made to Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» employees is available on the college's Budget and Year End webpage under Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»'s Office for Finance.
