Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-07
Board Proposes
Raising County
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3 Schedules Ready
For Montgomery
Council Action


New pay schedules for all
Montgomery County employees,
which would cost the county al
most $4,000 In salaries this
year. were recommended yester-
day by the County Personnel
Board.
The three schedules cover gem
eral employees. police and work.
ers paid by the hour. They prob
ably will be considered by the
County Council at next Tues.
days meeting.
According to the personnel of
nee. about $4,000 to $54,0 900 of
the additional cost will 60 for
police pay increases. Another
$4,000 allows for increases for
general employees with the re-.
naming going for hourly-paid
staffers, the Office said.
The council, in It's budget ses-
sions, had said it was providing
funds for an average increase of
$3.50 for each policemen. The
proposed schedule, however, falls
well below this mark in the ranks
Of private through sergeant.
Under the proposed schedule,
the starting pay of a police pri-
vate would be increased about
$225, from &c. $3.50 to $3,594.24. A
private with four years service
would be eligible for $4.268.
CorpOrals' Pay.
The proposed new schedule
would give corporals only q So
increase In the first step from
1890 to $3.993. With four
years service the increase would
be about $257. from $4,410 to
$4,667.
The starting pay Of a
lieutenant would go up s127 to
$4.742, with the fifth-year pay
soaring $605 to $3.50. A cap
tain's pay would Jump $456 to
$5,49l in the first wear to and
1894 to $3.50 in the fifth year.
The top pay Of an inspector
would be $6.651.
The new schedule also pro-
poses a pay ranging from $6,165
to $7,625 for the chief Of police.
The Personnel Board said the
slight increase proposed for
corporals and sergeants was
based on a discovery" that in
1913 these two ranks had re-
ceived $500 increases that others
had failed to get.
Quicker Raise Asked.
The board also called for the
introduction. in both the police
and general salary schedules Of
a pay raise. for employees at the
end Of six months work. At
present the first raise comes at
the end Of a year.
The rank Of private first class
also is proposed in the police
schedule.
In the police schedule, the
board recommended that no
officer get more than a $3.50
increase this year. This means
captains and inspectors will take
two years to get on the new
schedule.
The police pay increase was
based on a pay differential for
a 48-hour week. the board said.
All the salary schedules. were
adopted on an arithmetical
formula used in the general
salary schedule. the board added.
The police salary schedule falls
well below the $4,000 the County
Police Association asked as a
starting pay for privates in line
with that offered in the District.
Other Benefits Cited.
The personnel board declared
the police pay was much greater
than that the schedule indicated
because Of the county's provision
for laundry, cleaning. clothing.
equipment, shoe repair. retire
ment and death benefits.
In pointing out the retirement
and death benefits offered police,
the board did not mention that
1t had sought unsuccessfully this
year to trim the benefits sharply.
The schedule for general
county employees would provide
for salaries ranging from $1,560
to $3.50 in 30 grades. Most of
the increases appear to range.
between 500 and 5000 year,
with some going as high as $705.
The hourly wage schedule calls
for IA rates, ranging from IS
cents to $2.44 an hour.
New Salaries Approved.
The Council yesterday ap-
proved new salaries for q num-
Der Of top department heads.
They included. Planning Engi-
neer Harold Taubin, $7,75O;
Finance Director Alex x. Ham
cock. $10.500: County Attorney
David Macdonald. $10.500; Per-
sonnet Aide John p. GaQuin.
$500: Inspections Chief A.
Morton Thomas. $8.25O.
Also Public Works Director
Mason Butcher. $4,000: Fire
Marshal Charles II. Howe, IT.,
$3.50: Welfare Director William
=. Roger. $500: Library Chief
George B. Moreland. $7.750.
Also Recreation Chief Forest
". Gustafson. $7.T5O: Activities
Director Louis Mitchell. Sc. ZOO,
and Director Of Liquor Control
James F. Erwin, $8.750.
First Polio Cuse of Year
Reported in Alexandra
Alexandria yesterday reported