Board of Governors statement on employee raises

At the January 14th Board of Governors meeting, the Board provided the following statement regarding employee raises.

Pima Community College has a history of providing raises to its employees. These raises have typically been a combination of step increases and percentage lifts to the salary schedules.

As we know, the national, state and local economies are in dire straits. This fiscal year the College had to absorb a $3.9 million dollar reduction in state appropriations and we currently face additional cuts ranging from 10-15% in this year.

With a projected deficit of $3 billion in the next fiscal year, in all likelihood we will have to absorb another decrease in excess of 20%. This combined with the downturn of local real estate values makes it particularly challenging for Pima Community College.

The College wants all employees to know that we will not be in a position in the coming year to grant these traditional raises.

Posted: January 15, 2009