Pay proposal goes to Janesville School Board
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JANESVILLE — A Janesville School Board committee did not vote Tuesday on a pay-raise proposal, but it did ask for more information for the full board to consider.
Superintendent Karen Schulte said the as-yet unapproved district budget includes a 2 percent increase for the 113 staff members who are not represented by unions.
Schulte said that figure was just a "placeholder" budget assumption. She is asking for 3 percent.
Kristin Hesselbacher, chairwoman of the board's personnel committee, steered the group away from delving deeply into the proposal.
"I completely expect the full board to rehash this next Tuesday," Hesselbacher said.
Six of the nine board members attended the meeting. They followed Hesselbacher's lead, for the most part.
The nonrepresented group includes all the district's administrators except Schulte. It also comprises a wide range of other employees, including food service workers, social workers, physical therapy aides, computer-support workers confidential secretaries and interpreters.
Many in this group have no defined hours and work weekends and evenings, Schulte said.
Committee members asked for pay data for each position going back an unspecified number of years, the Consumer Price Index changes for those years and salaries for the same positions in school districts of similar size.
Kevin Murray said he'd like to decide the issue on the basis of fairness for all employees, but he wondered how many years of data to look at to determine what is fair.
The board approved pay raises for the district's unionized workers months ago. The nonrepresented employees are the only workers paying 5.8 percent of salary for their pensions.
Lori Stottler said she'd also like to see what the Janesville city manager and Rock County administrator propose for their administrative staff, "but I'm pretty sure it's not going to be increases."
Sep 22, 2011 at 11:27 a.m.
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Ezoner: Don't you think the teachers have already given enough. What more do you want...their blood? They've lost their union rights. They've contributed to their pension fund. They're giving more to their health care benefits. What next Ezoner? Give up their first born? You sound like one of the whiney Koch brothers who won't be happy until they rule the world.
Sep 22, 2011 at 9:50 a.m.
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Actually -- I see nothing wrong with this. If the Union refuses to talk their contracts, then the non-union staff should be compensated. They already pay for their retirement and healthcare. Sounds like parity to me.
Sep 22, 2011 at 9:37 a.m.
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For those people who haven't had a pay raise since 2003 or before that even, this doesn't set very well. I guess some people haven't figured out there is a budget shortfall yet.
Sep 22, 2011 at 9:14 a.m.
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I sure hope that this isn't some kind of "Ask for a Ferrari but she'll settle for a Cadillac" ploy on her part. Something just strikes me as more than odd here, the longer it sets in my mouth, it sure doesn't taste right.
Sep 22, 2011 at 8:30 a.m.
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With all that has been said and transpired, all the cuts which have taken place, all of the fees which have been imposed and increased, and all of the people in the district who have lost their jobs....a 3% increase for Administration? You've got to be kidding me.
Sep 22, 2011 at 6:49 a.m.
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And just when I was starting to garner some respect for Schulte with her "no more cuts" attitude. Oops.
Sep 21, 2011 at 9:34 p.m.
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This one seems real easy, it's a two letter word that rarely gets used it seems, maybe they have forgotten, it's N-O, short N` long O~ pronounced NO!
There is already a budget shortfall so it seems that Superintendent Karen Schulte feels it's appropriate to just throw this on top of the straw pile to see how many it will actually take to break the proverbial camels back here in the form of Janesville's taxpayer base!
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