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Webster County auditor seeks modest pay relief, cross-training and election equipment planning
Summary
Auditor Shawna Abrams told the county budget panel her office’s budget has few changes but asked for a cost-of-living increase for staff, outlined cross‑training for payroll and elections, and raised equipment needs including standing desks and ongoing election machine replacement planning.
Webster County Auditor Shawna Abrams told the county budget panel that her office’s budget contains few substantive changes this year but asked the board to consider a cost‑of‑living increase for her staff and described ongoing cross‑training and equipment needs.
Abrams said the office’s overall wages fell after a higher‑paid clerk left and two new clerks were hired at lower rates — "probably right around, dollars 7 less an hour" — and added, "I would at least hope that we could get a cost of living increase in our office." She described this as a request rather than a…
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