The deputy county clerk, deputy register of deeds, deputy election commissioner, deputy treasurer, deputy assessor, deputy clerk of the district court, chief deputy sheriff, deputy Emergency Management Director, Extension Office clerical and Courthouse maintenance positions will all receive a 2% pay increase.
The Board also approved requested salary increases for the office staff of the County Attorney's Office. Full-time clerical/ administrative position will increase by $5.50 per hour to $28 an hour and the part-time clerical position will increase 50-cents per hour to $19 an hour.
Emergency Management Agency Director Brian Kirkendall presented a Cross-Jurisdictional Memorandum of Understanding regarding the coordination of delivery and alert, warning and notification messages through FEMA's Integrated Public Alert and warning System known as IPAWS.
The agreement does not include Pawnee or Johnson counties to have the ability to send messages through IPAWS for Cooper Nuclear Station at Brownville and will supersede the prior MOU that was approved in February of 2025.
The Board approved entering into the MOU.
