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Carbon County reviews preliminary administration budget; officials propose HR reorganization and salary increases
Summary
At a July 22, 2025 budget presentation, Administrative Officer Angela Newell proposed reorganizing HR and payroll functions and requested salary increases—up to 109% of the elected-official base wage and up to 85% for the HR specialist—pending formal authorization on Aug. 28, 2025.
At 11:00 a.m. on July 22, 2025, Carbon County Finance Coordinator Piney Helmuth and HR Specialist Kate Asbury joined Administrative Officer Angela Newell to present the preliminary Administration Division budget for fiscal year 2025–26. Newell asked the commission to consider reorganizing human-resources and payroll functions and to authorize salary adjustments.
Newell described a plan to separate HR hiring duties from payroll processing and to create two distinct services, including hiring a full-time payroll administrator in the Finance Department. She asked that certain shared building costs be moved from the County Building budget to central services.
Newell requested a salary increase "of up to 109% of the elected-official base wage" (as presented in the minutes) for the role under discussion and requested increasing HR Specialist Kate Asbury's salary "up to 85%". The minutes record that Newell and Asbury will develop an official job description for the new or revised positions. The commission set official authorization for the two wage requests for Aug. 28, 2025. No formal vote on wages or the reorganization is recorded in these minutes.
Finance staff and HR staff left the meeting after the discussion; follow-up items include drafting job descriptions and preparing materials for the Aug. 28 authorization.
