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Commissioners appoint Darren Laesch as Clearwater County Engineer with $150,000 starting salary
Summary
The Clearwater County Board of Commissioners appointed Darren Laesch as County Engineer on May 12, 2026; the minutes record a starting salary of $150,000, an 80-hour starting vacation balance, a vacation accrual rate of 5.54 hours per pay period, and a May 26, 2026 start date.
The Clearwater County Board of Commissioners on May 12, 2026 carried a motion to appoint Darren Laesch as the Clearwater County Engineer.
The corrected motion, moved by Commissioner Dukek and seconded by Commissioner Ramsrud, specifies a starting salary of $150,000.00, a starting vacation balance of 80 hours, and vacation accrual of 5.54 hours per pay period. The minutes record a start date of May 26, 2026. The motion is recorded as "carried" in the meeting minutes; no roll-call vote tally is provided in the transcript.
The appointment was recorded under the Engineer heading. The board also simultaneously authorized recruitment actions elsewhere in the agenda for highway department staffing, but the specific appointment and compensation terms for Laesch are explicitly listed in the corrected motion. The board adjourned at 9:52 a.m.; the minutes were dated May 19, 2026 and bear the signatures of Board Coordinator Lori Lewis and Chairman Mark Titera.
