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Council to review pay, classification study


By Matt Tate The Weaverville Town Council


will spend the next few weeks re- viewing recommendations from a recent market study before deciding how to move forward with any adjustments for pay and classification for town em- ployees. Mayor Al Root said the town


is looking at implementing any changes in January. Town employees did not re-


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ceive cost of living increases this fiscal year, but a 2 percent buf- fer of $75,042 is set aside in the budget to disperse to employees based on the results of this sur- vey from the MAPS Group. Rebecca Veazey with Man- agement and Personnel Ser-


vices Group said these types of studies are important to ensure towns are able to recruit quali- fied employees and retain val- ued workers. Veazey performed the study


by comparing Weaverville’s pay and job descriptions to eight other public service entities– Asheville, Black Mountain, Brevard, Fletcher, Buncombe County, Maggie Valley, Metro- politan Sewer District and Hen- dersonville. Weaverville Town Manager


Mike Morgan said while town staff had performed several in- house studies over the years, this is the first third-party eval- uation the town had in his 18 years with Weaverville. Veazey’s study found the pay of most town employees to be


within range of the other sur- veyed markets, although there were several newer employees re- ceiving pay below market while a few other seasoned workers were being paid above market. Neither circumstance, she


said, is an immediate indication of cracks within a town’s pay structure. “Each organization gets to set


their own philosophy,” she said. Her study recommends an


open range of salary that set em- ployees with identical titles in one grade and their pay would fall in between a range. To move above the range, employ- ees would need to be promoted. Classification changes could


include altering the description of job duties for some employ- ees.


Woodfin gives park cont... Continued from page 1 Should the violations at the park


not be remedied within the 60-day time period to the town’s satisfac- tion, the letter issued to the resi- dents advises that it is the intention of the aldermen to allow the town attorney to proceed with the legal steps necessary to complete the re- moval of the park’s zoning status. Revoking the park’s status would force the residents to move,


although many have said their homes are too old to move. Problems between the town and


the park’s owners, now Joshua and Cynthia Robinson, go back to 2007. Te town first issued a notice of violations in November 2007. Town officials signed a letter with the owners in 2009 that the park must abate all breaches of town codes within 30 days. Joshua Robinson said he has


spent more than $30,000 fixing the park, while James Eller, Wood- fin’s code enforcement officer, said many of the issues plaguing the park in 2007 continue to plague it.


Residents are invited to learn


more about the process and what they could potentially do to assist in this remediation by contacting Eller at 253-4887 or at jameseller@ woodfin-nc.gov.


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