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Eau Claire County Board enacts ordinance adjusting elected officials’ salaries after failed amendment
Summary
After rejecting an amendment and a postponement motion, the Eau Claire County Board approved Ordinance 25-26/104 on March 3, 2026, adopting the proposed salary schedule for elected officials; the final vote was 21–6 with two members absent.
The Eau Claire County Board of Supervisors on March 3 enacted Ordinance 25-26/104, changing the salary schedule for elected officials after several procedural votes and a failed amendment. The final motion to enact the ordinance was made by Supervisor Allen Myren and seconded by Supervisor Deirdre Jenkins; it passed by roll call, 21 Ayes, 6 Noes, 2 Absent.
The debate included a proposed amendment from Supervisor Katherine Schneider to alter the schedule to 4% increases in 2027 and 2028, 5% in 2029, and 4% in 2030. That amendment failed by roll call, 10 Ayes to 17 Noes with 2 absent. A separate motion by Supervisor Dane Zook to postpone consideration until the March 17 meeting also failed, 6 Ayes to 21 Noes with 2 absent.
Roll-call detail recorded by the clerk shows the 21 supervisors voting Aye were: Jenkins, Knight, Pagonis, Hoekstra, Chilson, Sisk, Myren, Coffey, Skinner, Geboy, Russell, Dahl, Smiar, Hirsch, Dunning, Wilkie, Folstad, Tomczak, Schraufnagel, Schumacher and Swanson. The six No votes were: Aichele, Zook, Schneider, Leary, DeLuka and Clark; Supervisors Thomas Vue and Mark Beckfield were absent.
The ordinance was advanced in full session rather than postponed. The minutes do not specify an effective date for the salary changes. The board continued to other agenda items and adjourned at 9:08 p.m.
