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Commission sets highway superintendent pay, memorializes maintenance hire and tables mentor pay
Summary
The board approved a $4,750 monthly salary for newly appointed highway superintendent Nicole Gertmaker and memorialized the hire of highway maintenance worker Michael Wagnes at $19.14/hour; a proposal to set mentor Jeff Hargans' hourly pay was tabled pending retirement-impact research.
Hand County commissioners formalized several highway-department personnel decisions and deferred one pending review of retirement impacts.
The commission memorialized the hiring of Michael Wagnes as a highway maintenance worker at an entry-level pay of $19.14 per hour. Speaker 7 asked that the appointment be recorded in the minutes; the motion to memorialize the hire was moved and seconded and passed.
Separately, commissioners set the monthly salary for…
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