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Benton County supervisors adopt selective elected-official increases and approve targeted staff raises
Summary
Supervisors approved parts of the compensation board recommendation for elected officials and authorized a mix of percentage and flat-rate raises for non-elected, nonunion county employees, including targeted increases for collections staff to equalize starting wages.
BENTON COUNTY — The Benton County Board of Supervisors voted to adopt portions of the county compensation board's recommendations for elected officials and approved a package of pay adjustments for non-elected, nonunion county employees at their recent meeting.
The board approved a resolution that implements selected changes recommended by the compensation board rather than taking the package ‘‘all or nothing,’’ a move supervisors discussed after legal counsel advised the change in law allows partial adoption. As adopted, the supervisors remain at the current rate, the county attorney received an approved increase (described in meeting discussion as a $6,000 increase), and the auditor’s office was granted an increase described in discussion as $3,000. The resolution will be printed with the budget when Benton County adopts its budget, per board direction.
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