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Weber County holds required hearing on pay‑for‑performance increases; no action required
Summary
Weber County held a public hearing on Jan. 27, 2026, to disclose executive‑level pay‑for‑performance increases included in the 2026 budget. Staff said the increases are within departmental budgets and no commission action or budget amendment is required; two executive officers received slightly higher raises than the 1.5% guideline.
Weber County held the public hearing required by state law to disclose pay‑for‑performance increases for executive county officers included in the 2026 budget.
Stephanie Ebert, the county budget presenter, told the Board that the 2026 approved budget budgeted 1.5% of each department’s personnel budget to distribute under the county’s pay‑for‑performance program. "Our 2026 approved budget included funding of 1 and a half percent of each department's personnel budget to be allocated to employees in the 2026 as part of the county's pay for performance program," she said.
Ebert said the county completed performance evaluations in January and that, while most executive officers received the budgeted 1.5% increase, two executive county officers received larger increases after evaluation. The personal property division administrator in the assessor’s office and an assistant human resources director were both awarded increases above 1.5%; the transcript shows those increases as $2,475 (2.15%) and $1,789 (1.6%) respectively. Ebert said those increases remain within each department’s existing budgeted personnel funds.
County attorney Chris Crocker and Ebert advised commissioners that, because the increases are funded within department budgets, no budget amendment is necessary. Ebert cited Utah Code §17‑66‑401 as the statute that requires a public hearing before final adoption when compensation increases for executive county officers are included in a budget.
During public comment, Jared Preisler, Weber County assessor, identified himself and explained why his office’s personal property administrator received the evaluation increase. Preisler said the administrator "represents us with MCAT and is responsible for the valuation of all the telecom in the state, not just in Weber County," and that the position brings revenue to the county through that statewide work. He thanked the commission for following the required process.
The hearing was informational; the commission reconvened the public meeting and took no formal action because the increases were already covered within the approved departmental budgets. That fulfills the statutory public‑notice requirement and closes the matter until future budget revisions or other changes are proposed.
