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Human Resources presents FY26 priorities: pay benchmarking subscription, training and employee survey
Summary
The county HR director told supervisors the office serves about 400 employees, seeks $35,100 for a compensation-classification benchmarking subscription, is expanding training, and is running a countywide employee survey tied to strategic planning.
Black Hawk County’s human resources director briefed the Board of Supervisors on Jan. 21 about recruitment, compensation benchmarking, training and an employee survey tied to strategic planning.
The HR office serves roughly 400 county employees and consists of three core staff members plus an intern, the director said. The FY26 draft budget includes a one-time or recurring subscription to a compensation and classification benchmarking service that the director described as about $35,100 per year; the subscription covers comparator counties and cities and includes benefits benchmarking. The director said the service will help with future contract negotiations and internal classification work.
The HR budget also shows an expanded training and education allocation that has risen in recent years (the director said training funds rose from about $7,000 to $23,000) and will continue to fund countywide professional-development sessions. The director said reaching shift-based staff such as dispatch and sheriff’s office personnel remains logistically difficult; recorded sessions and multiple offerings are being used to increase access.
The director also reported continuing a paid internship program and collaborating with the county’s strategic planning process to run a countywide employee survey and culture assessment; the director called the survey the first broad, countywide employee satisfaction survey in office history and said the results will feed follow-up proposals.
Ending: Supervisors had no immediate vote on HR’s line items; the department’s compensation-subscription request and training allocations will remain under review as part of the overall FY26 budget process.
