Franklin County Commissioners Tuesday approved merit-based pay raises for 38 hundred non-unionized county workers.
The amount of the raises, being given for the first time in at least 12 years, will be determined by the head of each county department. They will cost taxpayers 7.1 million dollars. The raises were recommended in a 2016 study conducted at the behest of the commission as a way to attract and retain workers. The increase come on top of the 2 percent cost-of-living raises commissioners approved in the 2018 county budget.
