County employee wages

A county employee with a sign reading 'this is simple math and real people behind those numbers' said workers are 15-30% below market wages and losing negotiated merit increases and flex time.

A social services lead credited county aid with rebuilding her life and urged the Board to invest in experienced staff, saying turnover hurts residents.

A 17-year HHSA supervisor pushed back on Griefer's comment that people 'choose' to need social services and cited her own health premium jumping to $851 a month.

A Social Services eligibility supervisor described severe understaffing, 132 visitors in one day, and $17-an-hour starting wages, asking the board for fair pay.

A county employee warned that sustained vacancies, rising costs, and shrinking benefits are driving experienced staff out and degrading services.

Detailed five years without a raise, 23% cumulative inflation, proposed elimination of 96 flex hours, and an 11% insurance increase, urging good-faith negotiation.

Operating Engineers Local 3 rep said the county wants to cut benefits to fund raises, that flex days have real value, and that the county can't even cost its own proposal.

A Social Services eligibility worker and single mother described working overtime to make ends meet and asked the board to look at what's on the table.

A county employee who took a second job door-dashing called the proposed contract disgusting and urged residents to contact their supervisors.

A maintenance worker described handling traumatic situations without hazard pay and said the 3% offer with an 11% insurance hike and lost flex days means going backwards.