<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Here is the re-cap of responses to my question:</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><b><i>Small Michigan libraries - </i></b></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><div class="gmail_default"><b><i>How are you handling the raise in minimum wage in February?</i></b></div><div class="gmail_default"><b><i>Are you giving raises to the whole staff or just to those earning below $12.48?  (Yes, we have one person in that group.)  </i></b></div><div class="gmail_default"><b><i>Giving everyone a 20% raise would be awesome, but would totally blow our budget.  I'm just looking to see how all of your boards are handling this.</i></b></div><div class="gmail_default"><b><i>Thanks for your wisdom!</i></b></div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Allegan
District Library did a one time wage adjustment across the board last
year.  Not all increases were the same.  I canvased hiring wages in
SW Michigan and then took into account longevity.  </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p>

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fair to just increase low paying wages, but also could not increase everyone's
pay equally across the board.  All staff have been affected by
today's economy. I sat down with each individual to give them their pay
increase letter if they had questions.</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">We are a Class 1
library.  We are in the same boat as far as minimum wage.   The
board is meeting Tuesday to look at how badly it is going to affect our budget
and what they would like to do.  The current thought is that anyone under
will be raised $12.48.  We can not raise everyone 20% .  They are
looking at how much they can raise incrementally everyone else.  We do not
have different positions only clerks and myself the director.  Our staff
has been here between 8 months and 10 years.  We are looking at creating
tiers based on library education; CEU’s, Beginners Workshop etc.  But we
are limited based on budget.</span></p>

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in any responses you receive.</span></p>

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Library</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">_________________________________________________</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Since this particular
legislation used the inflation rate (.032), we are using that to give raises to
the rest of the staff.  It will be better then 2025 COL and will keep the
staff content with the increase in min. wage across the board.</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Segoe Script"">Amber Alexander</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">Library Director – MLIS</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">Presque Isle District Library</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">181 E. Erie Street</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">We have 2 full time
and 1 part time for our staff. The part time  always received minimum wage
and of course will go up to 12.48 in February. My Board decided at this past
Monday’s meeting that would also give the 2 full time staff the same 2.15 raise
when the new fiscal year starts on April 1.  The 2.15 is the amount
minimum wage is increasing and doing the 20% across board is not doable. Their
reasoning was “it’s only fair and they feel the need to keep some distinction
in pay level for positions that have more responsibility”.</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">We are a Class 2
library. It will make the budget tight but we can manage that for FY 2025-26
but don’t know about following years increases.</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:Gabriola;color:rgb(0,112,192)">BillieJo Bluemer</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Director</span></p>

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Library</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif">I have Circ Desk staff that is at $13 and $15.21, as well as a
Library page at $9.87 who is under 18.  I proposed a 4 % increase in
wages, (which we received last year), and a 6%, knowing that the Board would
not accept the 20% increase.  They did not like the six percent.  It
was the first view of the Wage Scenarios, so we will take another look at the
next meeting.  I did get the staff wages increased by $2 the last time
(2018) this big increase in minimum wage was to take place, so I feel okay with
where most of the staff is sitting.  </span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif">Karen McKinnon, Library Director</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif"></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><i><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,152,153)">Leighton Township Library</span></i></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif"></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:black">I'm a class III.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:black">As this has happened in the past, everyone's wages get increased
the difference of the old minimum wage to the new. And we're on a schedule to
keep it going every year with the MI Dept of Treasury.</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:black">Christian Dunham | Director</span><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black"><br>
</span><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:black">Bullard Sanford
Memorial Library</span><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black"><br>
</span><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:black"><a href="http://facebook.com/vassarlibrary" target="_blank">facebook.com/vassarlibrary</a></span><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black"><br>
</span><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:black"><a href="http://vassarlibrary.org/" target="_blank">vassarlibrary.org</a></span><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black"><br>
</span><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:black">989-823-2171</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">I've been slowly raising
our hourly staff wages for the past three years and I finally have our pages
(our lowest paid staff) at $12.00.  They were at $9.87 when I started in
2022.   I've been raising everyone else at the same time, but at a
slower rate.  For February, only the pages will get bumped up to the
$12.48.  The rest will remain where they are for a bit.</span></p>

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Library Director<br>
Huntington Woods Public Library<br>
26415 Scotia Road<br>
Huntington Woods, MI 48070<br>
248-543-9720, ext. 686</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">I'm a class 4 (but on
the verge of class 3), but also in a similar situation. We are not doing 20%
raises for everyone. Anyone under (currently have 3 just under) will be raised
up, and I'm looking at doing a 5% raise for everyone else (provided the budget
allows).</span></p>

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Hughey</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(136,136,136);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">We are a class 5
library. We only have one person who is making less than $12.48/hr and there is
enough money in the PT salary budget to absorb the increase. That position is
currently at $11.70/hr. Our fiscal year is July 1-June 30 so we are only
talking about just over 4 months at the higher rate, which amounts to a few
hundred dollars. Everyone else (who has been here over a year) would
potentially get a raise on July 1, 2025. I'm hoping for 3% but it's too early
to determine that.</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">For my PT salary
budget, I budget for a full 52 weeks, but PT staff do not get holiday pay and
they sometimes take days off so there is always a cushion and we end up not
spending it all.</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Romulus Public Library</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)"></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">My board told me to
figure that 20% raise for everyone.  I  have three four (4) people
earning below the $12.48.  As  you stated, that would be AWESOME, but
it totally blows our budget without cuts to some other things.  Time will
tell exactly what the board decides to do.</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Nannette F. Pretzer,
Director</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p>

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Library</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p>

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48655</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p>

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considering giving everyone above the $12.48 minimum a $1 raise, some staff
will fair better than others.</span></p>

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I library here-</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p>

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employee below the minimum wage. I will be raising just their payment. Our
fiscal year starts April 1, so the others will get their raise starting that
date instead.<br clear="all">
</span></p>

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Public Library</span></p>

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MI 49236</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span class="gmail_default" style=""><b style=""><i style=""><font size="4">Thank you all for your responses!</font></i></b></span><br></span></p></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><font face="comic sans ms, sans-serif" size="4">Perri Saunders, Director</font><div><font size="2">White Pigeon Township Library</font></div><div><font size="2">102 N. Kalamazoo St., P.O. Box 399</font></div><div><font size="2">White Pigeon, MI 49099</font></div><div><font size="2">269-483-7409</font></div><div><font color="#0000ff" size="2"><u style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><a href="mailto:p.saunders@woodlands.lib.mi.us" target="_blank">p.saunders@woodlands.lib.mi.us</a> </u></font></div><div><br></div><div><i><font size="4">Brighten the corner where you are.</font></i></div></div></div></div></div></div>