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Commission sets 3% COLA for employees; compensation-board recommendation and county-attorney pay request noted
Summary
The board voted to set a 3% cost-of-living adjustment for county employees, discussed the compensation board’s recommendation for elected-official pay (3% plus $3,000 add-on), and recorded a county attorney’s request to accept the 3% but waive the $3,000 add-on and split that amount among staff deputies.
Madison County commissioners voted to set the fiscal-year 2026–27 cost-of-living adjustment for county employees at 3%, following the compensation board’s recommendation for elected-official pay increases.
Officials clarified that the 3% COLA is for county employees and does not automatically apply to elected officials; adopting the compensation board’s recommended salary schedule for elected officials requires a separate resolution. A board member explained that the compensation board’s recommendation included a 3% increase plus a $3,000 add-on for elected officials, and that the proper sequence is for the commissioners to adopt a resolving resolution before implementing changes to elected-official pay.
The speaker who introduced the county-attorney pay discussion asked the board to accept the 3% but waive the $3,000 add-on and instead distribute that $3,000 equally among five staff members named in the discussion. The board discussed concerns that reallocating an elected-official add-on as staff pay could set a precedent; at least one commissioner said they were uncomfortable with that approach. The motion to accept the 3% with the described contingency carried on a voice vote.
Next steps: commissioners will adopt the formal resolution implementing the compensation board’s recommendation before any changes to elected-official pay are finalized, and staff will implement the COLA for county employees.
