ORDER NO. ~39~' APPROVRL TO DO A COMF~ARISON STUDY OF SALARY AND STAFFING LEVELS OF KERR COUNTY On this the i~rth day of April 1997, upon motion made by 7~_tdge Robert R. Denson, seconded by Commissioner- Lackey, the Co~_trt unanimously approved by a vote of 5-@-@, to do a comparison study of salary and staffing levels of Kerr County vers~_ts other co~_tnties far b~_tdget p~..trposes with Commix>sioner Letz to head ~_tp the study with the assi=_tance of the Commissioner-s' Co~_tr-t Administrative Assistant. COMMISSIONERS' COURT AGENDA REQUEST PLEASE FURNISH ONE ORIGINAL AND FIVE COPIES OF THIS REQUEST AND DOCUMENTS TO BE REVIEWED BY THE COURT. MADE BY: Jonathan Letz OFFICE: Commissioners' Court MEETING DATE: April 14. 1997 TIME PREFERRED: SUBJECT: (PLEASE $E SPECIFIC) Consider and discuss preparing a comparison study of salary and staffing levels of Kerr Countv versus other counties for budget purposes. EXECUTIVE SESSION REQUESTED: (PLEASE STATE REASON) ESTIMATED LENGTH OF PRESENTATION: IF PERSONNEL MATTER -NAME OF EMPLOYEE: NAME OF PERSON ADDRESSING THE COURT: Commissioner Pct. #3 Time for submitting this request for Court to assure that the matter is posted in accordance with Title 5, Chapter 551 and 552, Govemment Code, is as follows: Meeting scheduled for Mondays: 5:00 P.M, previous Monday. THIS REQUEST RECEIVED BY: THIS REQUEST RECEIVED ON: All Agenda Requests will be screened by the County Judge's Office to determine if adequate information has been prepared for the Court's formal consideration and action at time of Court Meetings. Your cooperation will be appreciated and contribute towazds you request being addressed at the earliest opportunity. See Agenda Request Rules Adopted by Commissioners' Court. M E M O R A N D U M DATE: April 4, 1997 TO: COUNTY JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS FROM: COMMISSIONER JONATHAN LETZ I would like to propose that the Commissioners' Court prepare a comparison of salary and staffing levels between Kerr County and a) counties that are geographically near Kerr County; and b) counties that aze similar to Kerr County both in population, budget, and eta (see attached). I would like to include the following items in the comparison: 1) Salary of Elected Officials and Department Heads where applicable; 2) Salary levels of employees in the following areas: a) entry level clerks, secretaries, deputies and road employees; b) experienced clerks, secretaries, deputies and road employees; merit- longevity or system of increases; and c) benefits package included for employees. 3) staffing levels and number of employees for all departments; and 4) comparison of deparunents with in [he county. Should the Commissioners' Court approve this project, I would like to recommend that we send a copy of this plan to all elected officials and department heads for their input before we begin the study. County Comparisons COMPARISON OF COUNTY BUDGETS FOR 1997 A. Those counties that are in geographic proximity to Kerr County (including Kerr County) REAL PROPERTY MINERAL CITIES OVER 26,000 COUNTY POPULATION BUDGET SQUARE MILES LANE MILES PARCELS PARCELS WITHIN 76 MILE RADIUS Randers 10,562 4,209,967 797.5 393 30,572 106 San Antonio Blanco 5,972 2,146,544 713.3 451 10,267 1 San Antonio, Austin Gillespie 17,204 6,606,827 1,061.5 703 22,522 14 San Antonlo, Austin Kendall 14,589 8,534,533 662.9 436 21,963 0 San Antonlo Kerr 36,304 72,000,000 1,107.6 703 30,542 3San AMOnlo Kimble 4,122 1,205,492 1,250.9 664 8,775 63 San Angelo Llano 11,631 4,363,054 966.1 498 35,866 58 Austin, Killeen 8. Counties within a 75 mile radius of a major city List "A" REAL PROPERTY MINERAL CITIES OVER 26,000 COUNTY POPULATION BUDGET SQUARE MILES LANE MILES PARCELS PARCELS WITHIN 76 MILE RADIUS Bastrop 38,263 11,048,407 895.9 776 45,005 1,742 Austin Brown 34,371 5,610,980 966.9 736 3.5,950 4,059 Abilene Cherokee 41,049 9,882,704 1,062.0 1,110 41,074 12,707 Nacogdoches, Tyler, Lufk Hale 34,671 8,401,275 1,004.8 1,052 18,599 7,695 Lubbock Jlm Wells 37,679 8,341,090 868.2 634 23,909 6,636 Alice, Corpus Christi, Kim Lamar 43,948 9,500,000 932.4 996 31,836 0 Paris, Sherman, Denison Navarro 39,926 9,78.9,174 1,086.2 1,137 37,788 1,572 Waco, Dallas, Ft. Worth, T Val Verde 38,727 7,279,296 3,232.6 66.5 28,019 629 Del Rlo Wharton 39,955 15,304,684 1,094.5 919 28,338 14,487 Houston, Victoria Page 1 County Comparisons Llat "B" COUNTY POPULATION BUDGET SQUARE MILES REAL PROPERTY MINERAL CITIES OVER 26,000 LANE MILES PARCELS PARCELS WITHIN 76 MILE RADIUS Bee 25,135 5,881,537 880.3 639 77,757 4,203 Corpus Christi Caldwell 26,392 5,875,267 547.3 602 16,626 9,183 Austin, San Antonio Casa 29,982 6,317,601 960.3 907 33,493 12,719 Marshall, Longview, Texai Cooke 30,777 7,168,475 898.7 832 28,457 20,480 Denton, Sherman, Denisoi Harrison 57,483 12,902,989 915.1 1,153 46,227 41,608 Marshall, Longview, Texai Henderson 58,543 13,353,466 949.0 90G 109,446 17,582 Tyler, Dallas Howard 32,343 9,372,670 904.2 834 20,548 15,933 Blg Spfing, Midland, Odea Polk 30,667 8,430,976 7,709.8 833 59,720 4,065 Lufkin, Nacogdoches, Bea Rusk 43,736 10,618,000 938.6 1,132 38,719 72,148 Longview, Marshall, Tyler Starr 40,518 328,779 1,229.3 464 42,833 15,023 McAllen, Harlingen Wise 34,679 11,999,929 922.7 836 37,335 41,042 Denton, Ft. Worth, Dallas, Page 2 1887 Gounty Comparison CiOUn KERB PopUlafion 36,304 Bud et tz,ooo,ooo Coun Jude 37,647 No. Em ees o En Sala Level Ex . Sakt Commissioners 24,674 No. Em s t En Salary Level nn ts,724 Ex r. SaW n/5-2t,n2 Co. Treasurer 28,875 No. Em to ees t En Sala Level 17/1-19,724 Exper. Salary n-5-zt,nz Co. Attome so,lso Asst Co. Attome 35,000 No. Empbyees 3 En SaW Level tvt-t5,4os Ex r. Sala tss 2o,zt7 Co. Clerk 2E,975 Chief lk 17(3-zo,723 No. Em o ees to E Sala Level tvat5,4os Ex c SaW ts/5-zo,zn qst Clerk 28,875 Chief lk 172-20,217 No. Em s s En SaW Level tv1-ts,aos Ex r. Sala 15/5-19,725 CO. Auditor PR 29,7fi8 No. Em to ees z En Sala Level 15/1-17,870 Ex r. Saki 15/5-79,725 COU Sheriff 32,550 Chf. Crim. Invest 25,880 No. De s 25 En Sala Level nn-zo,2n Ex L Salary t7l5-22,316 No. Secretaries a En Sala Level tvt-ts,4os Ex r. Sala tvs-n,ooe Jail Administrator 2m1-23,448 No. Em ees 33 E Sala 14/1-17,432 Ex .Sala ts/5-zo,zt7 No. Secretaries 2 En Salary 1vt-t5,4os Ex r. SaW t2/s-t7,ooe 7897 County Comparison Coun KER0. CO. TaX A/C 28,875 Chl@f De 17/7-79,724 No. Em o ees to En SaW Level tvf-75,aos Ex r. Sala 7315-mass Maintenance 27,000 No. Em b s s E Sala Level 7/1-12,036 Ex r. Sala 7B-14,309 Animal Control tfi,na No. Em b ees 3 En Sala Level 7/7-72,oas Ex r. Salary ts/s-2o,7zz Extension ent s,ooo No. Em b ees a Enlry Sala Level t2/1-75,409 EX r. Saary 75/5-19,725 Juvenile Probatbn ao,oo0 No. Empb ees 7 En Sala Level 12/7-75,405 Exper. Salary 72/5-77,oos Unit Road S stem En inset 71,641 P!T Administrator 41,613 No. Em to ees 24 En SaW Level tvt-ts,aos Ex .Sala 76/6-23,446 What iz your Co. Growth 14.70% Rate for 1he1990 -19967