The Kossuth County Board of Supervisors will consider a 2% pay raise for county employees through a budget amendment later this year.
The board did not offer county employees a cost of living wage increase when crafting the current budget. They also approved making employees pay $250 a month to held cover costs if they take the county’s family insurance plan.
Sheriff Roger Fisher told the board the current budget situation is a problem for his department, as he is trying to replace a Deputy who recently retired and two more who are leaving for other opportunities.
Fisher says he is not seeing the same number of applicants for open positions that the department used to get.
The board voted 3-2 to include a 2% salary increase in a budget amendment that will be offered sometime this fall.