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Supervisors approve step-12 starting pay to hire back nurse at county jail
Summary
The board approved hiring Ryan Le at step 12 to fill a jail nursing vacancy, with a June 15 start date. Jail administrator Trish Burnernhard said retaining nurses is challenging; the transcript does not specify a precise hourly or annual dollar amount for the approved starting pay.
Pottawattamie County supervisors voted June 2 to approve starting pay at step 12 to hire back a nurse, Ryan Le, for the county jail.
Jail administrator Trish Burnernhard told the board Ryan previously worked for the county and had served as a health administrator; he currently serves in the military as a medic and is willing to return. Burnernhard said the county has two nursing vacancies and that area nurse pay has increased in recent years; in the meeting she said nurses "are anywhere from 63 to 70" and later referenced figures up to "74 to 75," but the transcript did not specify units for those numbers.
Burnernhard said the step‑12 hire would start on June 15. Supervisor Jones moved to approve the starting pay at step 12, Supervisor Miller seconded, and the motion carried on roll-call vote.
The transcript does not reliably record the approved hourly or annual dollar amount for step 12; the article therefore reports the approved step level and start date but not an exact dollar figure.
Next steps: the jail will onboard the new nurse starting June 15 and continue recruiting to fill remaining vacancies as needed.
