Supervisors approve three percent increase for elected officials

    COUNTY -- The Shelby County Board of Supervisors has approved a three percent, across-the-board salary increase for elected officials for the 2019-20 fiscal year.
    Total annual cost to the county for the increased salaries is estimated at $12,000, said Mark Maxwell, Shelby County Auditor.
    Action from the supervisors comes after a recommendation from the county’s compensation board for a 4.5 percent across the board increase, but the supervisors lowered that.  The supervisors voted 2-1 for the increase, with Steve Kenkel and Charlie Parkhurst voting in favor and Darin Haake opposed.  In a separate motion, the board voted 2-0 for a three percent increase for the Recorder’s office.  Haake abstained from that vote citing a conflict of interest.
     Haake was more in favor of a 3.5 percent increase and made  the motion to do so, but it died for lack of a second.  “Our employees are lagging as far as population as compared to the other counties for where their pay falls,” Haake said.  “It’s not a lot, but it is some.