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Officials approve multiple personnel pay and leave changes, including public defender and EMA raises
Summary
At a meeting, county officials approved several personnel actions: discretionary leave for three departments, a public defender office manager $10,000 increase, an EMA director salary set at $75,000, a nonunion wage adjustment, and a legal-secretary stipend increase pending a union memorandum of understanding.
County officials approved a package of personnel and compensation changes at a meeting that consisted largely of roll-call votes and brief motions, including discretionary leave approvals, pay increases and an executive-session motion on collective bargaining.
The most significant formal actions approved were an increase of $10,000 to the public defender office manager position and an EMA director salary raised to $75,000, both effective Dec. 1, 2025, as recorded in the meeting. Officials also approved a wage increase for a circuit clerk IT position — a $1-per-hour raise plus a 3.5% nonunion adjustment effective Dec. 1, 2025 — and granted discretionary leave to the nursing home, corrections and highway departments.
The meeting record shows one additional personnel…
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