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Woodbury County board receives compensation board's pay recommendations and approves 3% wage plan
Summary
After receiving the county compensation board's recommendations for elected-official pay increases, the Woodbury County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to set the county's nonunion wage plan at 3% for the budget, and formally received the compensation board's proposed schedule for elected officials.
Dan Lynn, representing the county compensation board, briefed the Board of Supervisors on research used to set recommended pay adjustments and a stipend for the board chair.
"Based upon that discussion, we did find that the treasurer, we recommended a 4.5% increase. Sheriff, 7% increase. County attorney, 6.5% increase. And then supervisor, 4% increase. Plus, a $7,000 stipend for the chairperson," Dan Lynn said, summarizing the board's findings and comparables used, including the ISAC salary survey and regional benchmarks.
The compensation board's report noted statutory and market factors the panel reviewed, including Iowa Code 331.907, Social Security cost-of-living measures and Bureau of Labor Statistics indices. The chair clarified that the sheriff's increase is subject to the state's "back-to-blue" requirement and therefore must be granted, while the compensation board's other recommendations are advisory and require action by the Board of Supervisors.
Board members discussed how the compensation recommendations were incorporated into the draft budget for max-levy calculations. The county's budget staff had initially placed a 2% increase for nonunion employees in the draft; after discussion and reference to recent CPI measures, the board voted to adopt a 3% wage plan for nonunion employees for budget planning purposes. "I would move to receive with a 3% wage increase, a change from 2%," the chair moved; the motion passed 4-0.
Board members and staff noted the budget effect of the change: the 3% wage-plan figure was incorporated into the county's max-levy worksheets and will be reflected in the proposed budget mailing unless altered before the statutory publication deadline. Staff committed to provide more detailed reserve-impact calculations at the next meeting.
The Board received the compensation schedule and formally recorded the receipt of the compensation board's recommendations; any further action on elected-official salaries (other than the sheriff) will require a subsequent vote.
