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Woodbury County supervisors approve pay freeze, multiple loan hearings and departmental actions
Summary
At its February meeting the Woodbury County Board of Supervisors approved a package of actions including separating supervisors' pay from the compensation board, setting a 0% increase for supervisors with a $3,500 chair stipend, scheduling two public hearings on capital loan notes, and approving several routine and departmental items.
The Woodbury County Board of Supervisors on Feb. (meeting date not specified) voted on a series of routine and itemized measures, separating its own pay decisions from broader compensation-board recommendations, scheduling public hearings on capital loan notes and approving a variety of departmental and administrative requests.
The board voted to separate consideration of supervisor pay from recommendations for other elected officials (4–1) and then approved a motion to set supervisors' pay at a 0% increase for fiscal year 2025–26 while amending the chair stipend to $3,500 (5–0). Supervisor Martin Nelson introduced the separation motion, arguing the board should “lead by example.” The board’s amended main motion — to keep supervisors at a 0% increase and set the chair stipend at $3,500 effective July 1 — passed unanimously.
In other formal actions the board: - Approved…
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