O'Brien County compensation board recommends 4%–6% raises for elected officials

Jan 7, 2025

The county compensation board recommended 4% increases for most elected offices and 6% for the sheriff, effective July 1, 2025; the Board of Supervisors took no action at its Jan. 7 meeting.

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Rich Vander Werff, Chair of the O’Brien County Compensation Board, and Denise Steffen, the board’s vice chair, presented a recommended schedule of pay increases for Fiscal Year 2026. The recommendation would raise pay for County Supervisors, the County Attorney, County Auditor, Recorder and Treasurer by 4% each and increase the County Sheriff’s pay by 6%, with changes proposed to begin July 1, 2025.

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