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sxowart wy Daytona qe" 7 hilsborough Indian River Palm Beach: Seminole St Petersburg Vatencia Tallahassee Santa Fe Plus regional cost of living and salary comparisons for Jacksonville, Tampa, Orlando, and Ft. Lauderdale using CNN Money, City Rating, Best Places as search engines vo ete (70, Stink?) most recent version Corby, Michael E. SentsMonday, September 13, 2010 4:42 PM To: McArthur, Celine http://jacksonville.com/news/metro/2010-09-13/story/florida-state-college-administrators-get-salary-boosts Florida State College administrators get salary boosts Posted: September 13, 2010 - 12:00pm. ‘Advertisement By Matt Coleman The Florida State College at Jacksonville Board of Trustees has approved more than $200,000 in raises, some as high as 30 percent, for some senior administrators and professional staff members. The raises were recommended by President Steven Wallace during the college's August board meeting, The decision closely follows an earlier board meeting where trustees unanimously approved an 8 percent tuition hike for students — the rnaximum allowed in the state budget. Florida State Collage spokeswoman Celine McArthur said the raises were modeled on salaries for similar positions at comparable schools, such as Broward College and Daytona State College, in the Florida College System. The main goal was to ensure the salaries were competitive with other institutions, which is especially important for a schoo! working through the transitional period from community to state college. McArthur said Wallace first discussed pay increases for senior administrators two years ago after he realized some of his campus leaders were underpaid in comparison to their regional counterparts. But the country’s financial crisis and the state's tight budget led him to shelve the proposed raises. The need for the increase became even more clear earlier this year when two campus leaders took positions elsewhere, said Christine Arab, vice president of human resources. Arab said when they ‘were searching for replacement candidates, the approved salaries they posted on the job listings lagged far behind other schools. "We weren't competitive on a national front, and we weren't even able to meet our in-state comparables," Arab said. "It was clear that we needed to increase those salaries fo attract and then retain the best possible candidates." The raises will be rolled out over the next two years. Arab said it's highly unlikely another set of raises of this magnitude will be needed in the next five years. Don Green, executive vice president for instruction and student services, received the largest bump. His current annual salary is about $145,000, and the approved increases would boost that to $166,000 this academic year and $189,000 in 2011-2012, McArthur, Celine From: Arab, Christine C. [CCARAB@fsoj.edu] Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2010 7:25 PM To: Mearthur, Caline Subject: Re: TU When [heer from mike Clark with a time and date, Celine, I will find you to go over it..tomorrow and Thursday are really full so we will do a "just in time" approzch....thanks. Sent from my iPad On Oct 5, 2010, at 5:00 PM, "McArthur, Celine"

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