Title
Salary (Employment) Agreement between Sedgwick County and Jan Luth, President/CEO, Exploration Place, Inc.
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Recommended Action: Approve and agreement and authorize the Chairman to sign
During the third and fourth quarter of 2013, the Sedgwick County completed a Compensation and Classification Study for all Sedgwick County employees. In concert with that study, Exploration Place completed a benchmarking salary survey of leaders of similarly situated organizations. The results of that survey indicates that the salary range for the President/CEO position, Exploration Place is less than the survey median:
Position Min Mid Max
President/CEO, Sedgwick County Salary Range $ 84,280 $103,694 $123,108
President/CEO, Average Pay, Benchmark Survey $103,496 $134,411 $165,326
Based on these results, effective as noted below, the President/CEO's annual salary will be increased from $113,071
Contract $117,800 - effective 1/1/14
Contract $123,690 - effective 1/1/15
Contract $129,875 - effective 1/1/16
County agrees, in consultation with the Exploration Place Inc Executive Committee, to review Employee's compensation on a yearly basis and may grant a minimal annual increase equal to the average annual percentage increase, if any, to which County employees are entitled.
The benchmark survey salary range amounts exceed the County's salary range structure. As such, a standard salary (employment) agreement that is used for certain other County employees to manage and administer the adjustment to the President/CEO's salary for 2014 and going forward into the future.
Sedgwick County and Exploration Place entered into a funding agreement on October 23, 2013 for the purpose of defining the financial relationship between th...
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