NAdams 2% pay hikes okayed

Decatur Daily Democrat:

Going green at the North Adams Community Schools will have a slightly different meaning for administrators, non-certified personnel, and transportation department employees as the North Adams School Board approved a two percent pay increase on their base salary.

The action approved Tuesday night at the monthly NA board meeting will result in approximately $50,000 more, but Superintendent Dr. Wylie Sirk told members that money for the increase is already in the general fund and will not cause a problem.

The only debate on the pay hikes came on the proposal for the raise for Transportation and Facilities and Grounds Director Larry Carty, who also serves as the business manager for North Adams. Sirk noted that Carty has assumed additional duties since joining the North Adams team several years ago and the debate centered around whether his increase would be more than the two percent given to other administrators.