salaries
- By Mavis FodnessDecember 30, 2025Commissioners approved pay increases for county employees at their last meeting of 2025 on Dec. 16. The increases take effect Jan. 1. Most of the increases follow the 3-percent cost of living increase approved for the Rock County Highway Department union employees. The recently negotiated three-year union contract for 2026-28 provides for increases of 3 percent, 4 percent and 5 percent…
- By Mavis FodnessDecember 24, 2024The Rock County Commissioners approved pay increases for elected employees at their last meeting of 2024 on Dec. 17. The increases take effect Jan. 1. Salaries for elected commissioners Greg Burger, Gary Overgaard, Sherri Thompson, Stan Williamson and Jody Reisch will increase 5 percent from the current $22,820 to $23,961. Commissioners also approved a 5-percent increase for county attorney…
- By Lori SorensonDecember 18, 2024Beaver Creek City Council members certified their 2025 budget and levy during their Dec. 10 meeting. The levy was set at $160,496 for taxes payable in 2025. That’s a 9.6-percent increase over the current levy of $146,342. The amount will help bridge the gap between Beaver Creek’s revenues of $147,157 and its expenses of $307,653 in 2025. A new fire truck is one of the expenses affecting Beaver…
- By Lori SorensonJanuary 10, 2024City of Luverne union employees are in their second year of a three-year contract, which calls for a 3.5-percent increase in 2024 and a 3.5-percent increase in 2025. At their year-end meeting in December, council members acted on finance resolutions that included other wage adjustments for 2024. The city’s non-union, administrative and department heads will also receive 3.5-percent salary…
By Rick Peterson, general managerJanuary 28, 2020A few weeks ago we published the salaries of city department heads and the increases they were going to receive. We do the same with county and school personnel. The fact that we publish such information was the topic a conversation one day at coffee. Most at the table found it important while others (just one) really felt it was unnecessary. The argument against publicizing the salaries was that…
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