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Fair board seeks modest increases; council questions status of staff employment and benefits
Summary
Fair board representatives requested small budget increases for utilities and insurance and said a full-time fair office employee receives county benefits; commissioners said they will work with the fair board on maintenance and staffing concerns.
Fair board members told the council their budget is largely unchanged from the prior year apart from modest increases in liability insurance, utilities and worker-compensation allocations. They also thanked the tourism commission for underwriting a free community night at the fair.
During questioning, councilors asked about the fair’s payroll and benefits arrangements. Fair board representatives said the fairgrounds employ a full-time office employee (identified as Marcia in the discussion) whose salary is paid from fair revenues; the county pays that employee’s health insurance through a county line, a practice the fair board and commissioners acknowledged is longstanding but that commissioners said warrants a review to ensure proper accounting and payroll structure.
Commissioners said they are meeting with fair leadership to address maintenance staffing issues and to explore a sustainable staffing approach going forward. No appropriation action was taken at the hearing.
