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Osage County approves payroll action forms and pay adjustments to take effect with first 2025 payroll
Summary
Commissioners approved payroll action forms and a package of pay adjustments, including a uniform hourly increase and lump-sum annual increases for certain elected positions; the raises will take effect with the first payroll cycle of 2025, as discussed at the Jan. 9 meeting.
Osage County commissioners approved payroll action forms and a set of pay changes during their Jan. 9 meeting.
The board moved to approve the payroll action forms "as filled out" and discussed details of the package during the meeting. According to the motion and subsequent remarks, the changes approved included a $1.25-per-hour increase applied countywide to employees. Commissioners also described a separate $2.50-per-hour figure during the discussion (the transcript records both figures in the same exchange) and approved annual increases of $6,000 for several elected officials and certain sheriff's office positions; the sheriff and undersheriff arrangement was described as structured differently but still reflecting the approved increase. The board voted to adopt the payroll actions by voice vote.
Commissioners set the effective timing as the first payroll of 2025. During the meeting they referenced an internal date of Jan. 20 and then clarified that pay changes would begin with the first pay date in February (not backdated), with one commissioner stating, "It'll start when they get paid in February. It'll start on February 10." The board said it would prepare a resolution to formalize the changes at a subsequent meeting.
The commissioners directed staff to prepare the formal resolution and any implementing documents; no additional funding source detail or budget amendment language was specified in the discussion recorded in the transcript.
