28-622. Increase in compensation of county employees in counties over 300,000, when; resolution.
The board of county commissioners of any county having a population of more than three hundred thousand (300,000) is hereby authorized to provide by resolution between August 1 and September 1 of any year in which a general election falls for an increase of not to exceed five percent (5%) per annum in the compensation and salary of any employee of the county entitled thereto by reason of the employee job classification and merit rating system of such county. Such resolution may also provide for an increase in the amount of any aggregate allowance prescribed by statute for the payment of compensation and salaries of employees.
Such additional compensation shall be paid in equal monthly installments and may be paid even though such expenditure was not included in the county budget for the period in which such additional compensation is paid.
History: L. 1970, ch. 150, § 1; July 1.