(KNZA)--Brown County employees have been granted a pay raise.

The County Commission voted unanimously Monday to approve a 50 cent an hour pay raise for all full and part-time employees, with the exception of the county commission.

The pay raise is effective January 1st, 2019.

In other business, the Commission approved a $500 a month increase in the fee paid to Hiawatha attorney Elizabeth Olsen to provide county-appointed services for the county.

Olsen will be paid a flat fee of $2,000 a month to provide the services, effective January 1st, 2019.

The Commission also approved the re-appointment of Jim Scherer to the NEK-CAP Board of Director for 2019.