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The Cumberland County Emergency 911 District Board of Directors approved a new salary schedule management says will make the agency better able to recruit and retain dispatchers.
“This payroll structure will put us ahead of Roane County,” Terry Williams, director of operations, told the board during its June 22 meeting. “It will put us at the 75th percentile in Tennessee and 90th percentile among our competition and is competitive with businesses in Cumberland County.”
But the pay increase — from just under $14 an hour to $19.50 an hour starting pay — struck some board members as too much, too fast…
