Court considers shared admin post, $6,000 stipend for disaster support and a pay review for emergency manager

Jul 31, 2026

County staff proposed a shared administrative assistant for emergency management and engineering, a $6,000 stipend to formalize an elections staffer's disaster duties, a $20,000 weather forecasting support request, and commissioners debated moving Brady up a pay step.

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Emergency management staff proposed creating a shared administrative assistant to support emergency planning, public-information tasks and data reporting; the position would be split with the engineering office. Commissioners also discussed setting aside $6,000 to formalize a part-time stipend for an elections employee (referred to as Becky) to be activated during disasters so that emergency-management duties are compensated without drawing on elections payroll.

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