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Nelson County commissioners approve preliminary 2023 budgets, road contract and personnel raises
Summary
At Aug. 9–10 meetings the Nelson County Board of Commissioners approved preliminary 2023 budgets for multiple departments, authorized a contract and funding moves for the County Road 22 project, approved personnel pay adjustments for the sheriff and states attorney, and authorized placing an NDSU Extension mill levy measure on the 2022 general election ballot.
The Nelson County Board of Commissioners met Aug. 9 and reconvened Aug. 10, 2022, approving multiple preliminary 2023 budgets, a county road contract and several personnel pay adjustments.
Chairman Nancy Marquart opened the Aug. 9 session and the board first approved minutes from July 7 and July 27 and the Aug. 9 agenda. County staff member Seth Hamre reported that Ellingson Company obtained a permit to install a tile line under Highway 35 north of McVille and said the project would not cost the county; the board authorized Hamre to sign off on the permit.
The board approved transfers, per a cost-allocation audit, of $1,142 from the Weed fund, $4,400 from the Veterans Service fund and $9,688 from the County Agent fund into the County General fund.
On personnel matters, the board adjusted the planned 2023 market increase for the sheriff to a $175-per-month raise (matching other department heads), and separately approved a $275-per-month raise for the states attorney effective January 2023. The board also approved raising one department head’s hourly rate to $23.00 plus the $175 monthly market adjustment beginning January 2023.
Bryce Crosby presented a memorandum of understanding between the Northwest Central Judicial District and the Nelson County Veteran’s Service Office in Lakota; the board voted to sign that MOU. Commissioners authorized Chairman Marquart to sign a…
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