Supervisors approve salary increases

ALLISON — The Butler County Board of Supervisors Monday approved wage increases for both elected and non-elected, non-deputy employees.
Supervisors approved the County Compensation Board’s recommendations of increases of 4.821 percent ($3,500) for the sheriff, 2.696 percent ($1,500) for the county treasurer, auditor and recorder, 2.695 percent ($1,690) for the county attorney and 2.554 percent for the county supervisors for Fiscal Year 2018.
Greg Barnett, who earlier in the meeting was sworn into his first term as a supervisor, said he was uncomfortable taking a raise during his first meeting though Sheriff Jason Johnson reminded him that the raise he was being asked to approve was for the position, not the individual. Johnson also defended the larger raise that the Compensation Board had accommodated for his position than the others, noting that his salary had been lagging behind those in comparable positions in neighboring counties.
Read the full article in the January 5 edition of the papers.