(KLZA)-- The Holt County Commissioners last week approved a quarter per hour pay raise for all county employees effective at the passage of the budget. 

County Clerk Kathy Holstine presented budget requests for fiscal year 2016 for review by the Commissioners.  

A Missouri Department of Transportation representative presented an initial program request from the Department for a bridge replacement on Memphis Road.  Commissioners unanimously approved program approval and funding for the project. Letters were provided from MoDOT requesting landowners adjacent to the Memphis Road Bridge to donate right-of-way.