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Cole County Salary Commission approves 5% pay increase for elected officials, adopts same COLA as county employees
Summary
Cole County's Salary Commission voted Oct. 28 to give elected county officials a 5% pay increase and to grant them the same cost-of-living adjustment that county employees receive.
Cole County's Salary Commission voted Oct. 28 to give elected county officials a 5% pay increase and to grant them the same cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) that county employees receive.
The commission appointed Larry Vincent as chairman at the start of the meeting and then took up a county clerk briefing and a lengthy discussion about elected-official pay. Public Administrator Ralph Jobe described the growing demands of his office and warned the commission that low pay and rising workload were making it difficult to attract qualified successors. "It's a 24/7 job," Jobe said, describing clients spread across multiple counties and increasing responsibilities as mental-health services shifted to community-based care.
The commission debated the form and timing of any raise. Commissioners cited state law and…
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