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This resolution urges Governor Dunleavy and the Department of Administration to release all copies of a statewide salary study that was commissioned in 2023 with a $1,000,000 appropriation. The resolution highlights a significant recruitment and retention crisis in Alaska's public sector, with an average job vacancy rate of 16 percent, and notes that the state's last salary study was conducted in 2009. After signing a contract with The Segal Company for $775,000 in December 2023, the study has since incurred additional amendments bringing the total cost to $950,000, with contract extensions to June 30, 2025. The resolution emphasizes the importance of the salary study for collective bargaining and ensuring fair wages, particularly given the statutory requirement to submit monetary terms for collective bargaining agreements by March 21, 2025. The document specifically requests the release of all drafts of the study and directs copies of the resolution to be sent to key state officials and the consulting company, ultimately seeking transparency and timely publication of the salary study findings.

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https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/34?Root=HR5