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County commissioners approve new employment agreement and 2% raise for county manager
Summary
The county Board of Commissioners authorized a new employment agreement for County Manager Penny Postoak Ferguson, effective Oct. 15, 2025, and approved a 2% base salary increase effective the first payroll period of 2026, following an executive session held under K.S.A. 75-4319(b)(1).
The Board of County Commissioners voted to authorize the chair to execute a new employment agreement with County Manager Penny Postoak Ferguson, effective Oct. 15, 2025, and approved a 2% base-salary increase for the manager effective with the first payroll period of 2026.
The action came after a short executive session convened under K.S.A. 75-4319(b)(1) for the purpose of evaluating and discussing non-elected personnel. Vice Chair Janee Hanslick moved the employment-agreement authorization, which the board approved 7-0. The separate motion to raise the county manager’s base salary by 2% — to $355,468.98 annually — passed 5-2.
The new agreement, as described in the motion, includes a structured performance-evaluation process designed to align the county manager’s evaluation with the board’s…
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