Dawson County commissioners approve staffing changes, grants and intergovernmental agreements in unanimous votes

The Dawson County Board of Commissioners on June 5 approved a series of staffing, grant and intergovernmental items by unanimous votes, including creation of a transit manager position, a pay raise for transit drivers, acceptance of a FY2026 treatment court grant, and updates to mutual-aid and intergovernmental agreements.

Key actions approved by the board (each motion passed 3-0): creation of a transit manager position (grade 21; salary recorded in meeting materials as $104,551.00); an increase in starting pay for four transit driver positions from grade 6 to grade 8, setting a starting hourly rate of $15.54; delegation of authority to the Board of Tax Assessors to remove items of personal property valued at less than $150,000 from the tax digest (with items over $150,000 to be reported to the board); a change to commission meeting times (work sessions to begin at 5 p.m.; voting sessions no earlier than 6 p.m., effective with the Aug. 7 meeting); approval of a treatment court case manager position (base salary $40,000 plus $17,329 in fringe benefits, funded by…