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County HR recommends 10% pay bump for elected officials, 5% for county attorney; board to decide
Summary
Human resources recommended a 10 percent across-the-board increase for elected officials to move salaries closer to market; the county attorney's position was proposed for a smaller 5 percent adjustment.
Black Hawk County's human-resources director presented Feb. 11 a recommendation to raise elected-official pay next fiscal year by 10 percent for most elected positions and 5 percent for the county attorney, citing market comparisons to similarly sized Iowa counties.
The HR presentation explained how state law assigns responsibility for setting elected-official pay and summarized recent market data from the top 10 Iowa counties by population. HR said the county's auditor, recorder, treasurer and sheriff currently sit roughly 15 percent below the market…
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