O'Brien County board adopts Fiscal 2026 pay rates for county positions

On May 20, 2025, the O'Brien County Board of Supervisors voted to adopt the county's Fiscal 2026 wage schedule, setting hourly and annual pay rates for county positions effective July 1, 2025. The motion to adopt the schedule was moved by Vanden Hull and seconded by Friedrichsen and carried by all ayes.

The approved rates include: Secondary Road Assistant to Engineer — $39.67 per hour; Senior Engineering Technician — $34.61 per hour; Maintenance Superintendent — $37.78 per hour; Road Foreman — $36.51 per hour; Engineering Technician I — $34.10 per hour; Engineering Technician II — $33.35 per hour; Secondary Road Office Manager — $64,394.27 per year; Bridge Foreman — $33.04 per hour; Bridge Crew — $32.25 per hour; Road Crew — $32.25 per hour; Mechanic — $33.62 per hour; Part-time Secondary Roads/CDL/Mower/Part-time help — $25 per hour; Weed Commissioner — $32.25 per hour; Information Technology Director — $101,580.40 per year; Information Technology Technician — $71,818.81 per year; Courthouse Maintenance — $64,132.00 per year; Jail Maintenance — $66,919.35 per year; Communications Supervisor and Jail Supervisor — $34.37 per hour; Communications Operators and Jailers — $31.48 per hour; Jail Sergeant — $33.14 per hour; Food Service Supervisor — $26.09 per hour; Mental Health Advocate — $35.42 per hour. The board recorded that "All hourly and annual rates are effective July 1, 2025."

The vote resolved the formal pay schedule for the coming fiscal year; the transcript shows no separate amendment or follow-up direction attached to the vote.