The Montgomery County Commissioners are looking to increase compensation for bilingual employees.

 

County Human Resources Director Ben Brubaker says that elected officials would determine which employees qualify for the bilingual pay, and there are two ways they would qualify.

 

The proposed increase would be $0.50 per hour, which follows the model of other county departments. Brubaker says that only one other county has a bilingual compensation model like the one the county is proposing.

 

The commissioners approved the addition of the bilingual pay to the county handbook.

 

Additional items of business at this week's County Commission meeting was an update from Public Works Director Jim Wright, as well as the second quarter abatement reports from County Clerk Charlotte Scott Schmidt.