The base pay for Grundy Transit bus drivers will increase from $15.50 an hour to $18 an hour. The Grundy County Board approved a pay increase on Tuesday.
Director Amanda Olvera asked the board to approve the increase to be more in line with the starting pay for other counties. Kendall and Lee counties, Olvera said, start at $18 an hour and DeKalb starts at $18.25. La Salle County bus drivers start at $19.25 an hour.
Olvera said existing bus operators who are making less than $18 an hour will have their pay bumped to $18.25 an hour, and operators making over $18 an hour will get a five-cent increase per year. The increase in cost to Grundy Transit will be $6,354.92 and the changes go into effect Tuesday, March 24.
“Transit does have the funds in the budget for the change, and it would not affect the general fund,” Olvera said. “An increase in transit bus operator pay came out of highway committee with a positive recommendation to the full board for approval tonight.”
The board passed the measure unanimously.
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