Becker County approves multiple personnel and compensation items including union PFML agreements and county cash-in-lieu adjustments

Becker County commissioners approved several personnel actions Oct. 8, including union memorandums of agreement on paid family and medical leave (PFML), a resolution setting insurance allowance (so-called "cash in lieu") amounts for 2026, and a finance committee recommendation on the recorder's salary.

Human Resources reported three memorandums of agreement that allocate PFML costs on a 50-50 basis for the county's Teamsters bargaining units; the board voted to approve the MOAs after HR presented the documents. "I'll make a motion to approve the memorandums of agreements for the 3 unions," a commissioner said; the motion passed by voice vote.

The board also approved Resolution 10-25-1C, which sets the county's insurance allowance (cash-in-lieu) amounts for 2026. HR explained the county's approach is to provide an insurance allowance to employees whether they take county medical coverage or waive it; the resolution maintains differentiated monthly allowance amounts for single coverage versus employee-plus-one and family coverage tiers.

On compensation, the Finance Committee recommended a salary adjustment for the county recorder; the board moved to approve Resolution 1A adopting the committee's recommendation. Commissioners clarified language so the approved dollar amounts would reflect the intended cost-of-living and longevity components. The motion to approve 1A passed by voice vote.

All votes on the personnel measures were recorded by voice with "aye" responses; the meeting record did not include a roll-call tally for individual board members at the time of the motions.