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Benton County board approves payroll and insurance actions, finalizes Mid American reimbursement and appoints waste commission members
Summary
Supervisors approved a personnel pay resolution, adopted a new county health plan and employee contribution schedule, finalized a Mid American Energy reimbursement resolution and appointed members to the county solid waste commission; multiple motions and roll call votes were recorded.
The Benton County Board of Supervisors approved several fiscal and personnel items on Jan. 30, including a pay increase for an auditor staff member, a switch in the county health insurance plan, formal approval of a Mid American Energy inspection reimbursement, and appointment of members to the county solid waste commission.
Personnel: The board approved Resolution 26‑6 to increase an auditor staff member named Alicia’s salary to $50,000 effective Feb. 16 after a six‑month performance evaluation. A motion to adopt resolution 26‑6 was moved and seconded, and supervisors recorded votes in favor by name during the roll call.
Insurance: The board also approved moving the county’s employee health coverage from the current Plan 17 to Plan 2 as presented by the county’s broker, keeping employee contribution rates at the levels reflected in the meeting materials (single plan employee share $99.44 monthly; family plan employee share $389.55 monthly), maintaining a 50/50 dental split and modest vision contributions. The board approved the plan change and contribution schedule by motion and recorded voice/roll call vote.
Mid American Energy: Supervisors approved Resolution 26‑7 finalizing the Mid American Energy Company natural gas pipeline inspection project and recorded a reimbursement amount of $167,270.39 as fully reimbursable to the county. The board voted to finalize and transmit the resolution.
Appointments and reports: The board appointed a slate of members to the Benton County Solid Waste Commission (named in materials) for the coming year and approved General Assistance and Veterans Affairs quarterly reports. Several administrative requests were also authorized, including a not‑to‑exceed $2,000 moving/shelving expense for offsite clerk records consolidation.
The votes were taken during the meeting and recorded in the minutes; no motions were overturned.
