(KLZA)--Marvin Bohling has been elected Chairman of the Nemaha County, Nebraska Board of Commissioners for 2018.

During the January 10 annual reorganization meeting, Bob Hutton was elected vice chairman.

Commissioners approved a resolution setting salaries for county elected officials with a five-percent increase from the 2018 salary for 2019 and a 2.5 percent increase in salary for each year for 2020, 2020 and 2022.  

Tom Catlett was appointed as County Surveyor for 2018.

In other business, County Assessor Mallory Lempka met with the Board to discuss increasing the hourly wage for her office assistant Ashley Mayer to the same level as the clerk assistants in the Treasurer's and Clerk's offices, which starts at 65% of the elected officials salary, maxing out at 70%.  The Board approved the request and will review again at next year's budget hearing request.