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Elk Mound approves 2025 wage and benefit adjustments for village employees
Summary
Trustees approved multiple hourly wage increases and benefit boosts for 2025, including specified hourly raises for several employees and a 4% increase to health insurance stipends and life/disability reimbursements.
The Village of Elk Mound Board of Trustees approved wage increases and benefit adjustments for village employees for the 2025 budget year at its Oct. 21 meeting.
On a motion by Trustee Pat Lien, seconded by Trustee Tim Benjamin, the Board approved specific hourly increases for several employees: Julie Conlin by $2.00 per hour; Police Chief Chad Weinberger by $5.00 per hour; Kyle Devries and David Vodenlich by $4.20 per hour; and 4% salary increases for Kevin Garnett, Mark Levra, Todd Steinhorst and Clerk-Treasurer Karin Wolf. The Board also approved benefit changes for the same salaried employees: a 4% increase in the health insurance stipend, an increase in life insurance and disability reimbursement from $500 to $750 each, and implementation of a Post Employment Health Plan that converts sick-leave hours at retirement into a fund for medical expenses.
The motion carried; the open minutes do not include individual roll-call tallies. The minutes note that the Employee Relations Committee met to discuss wage and benefit negotiations prior to the board action.
