Government : Benton County Board of Supervisors Minutes 1/26/16

January 26, 2016

The Benton County Board of Supervisors met in regular session with Supervisors Frese, Hertle and Wiley present. The meeting was called to order at 9:00 a.m.

Moved by Wiley, seconded by Hertle, to approve the minutes of January 19, 2016, January 22, 2016, and January 25, 2016. All members voting aye thereon. Motion carried.

Moved by Hertle, seconded by Wiley, to approve checks numbered 217873 through 217880, payroll checks numbered 138562 through 138575, and ACH deposits numbered 26474 through 26599. All members voting aye thereon. Motion carried.

Moved by Wiley, seconded by Hertle, to enter into the agreement with the Iowa State Association of Counties to participate in the 2017 Wellness program. All members voting aye thereon. Motion carried.

Casey Cooper with the East Central Iowa Housing Trust Fund updated the board on their activities and made a request of $1,972.00 for funding in FY17.

Moved by Hertle, seconded by Wiley, to establish the rates for the county employees’ share of the health insurance premium for FY17 as follows:

Union employees:

Secondary Roads (per labor contract):

Single Plan: 35.00 per month Family Plan: $215 per month

Sheriff’s Department (per labor contract):

Single Plan: $36.47 per month Family Plan: $244.71 per month

Non-union employees:

Single Plan: $25.00 per month Family Plan: $190.03 per month

Retiree:

Single Plan: $729.37 Family Plan: $1,631.39

All members voting aye thereon. Motion carried.

Moved by Wiley, seconded by Hertle, to grant a 2.25% across-the-board increase to all employees who are not covered by a bargaining agreement or who are deputies of elected officials, except for the following listed employees are granted the increase stated:

Sarah Wagner - $17.00 per hour

Bethany Wheaton - $17.50 per hour

Toni Parizek - move to full time position at $41,000

Deb Fleming – $36,525.17 (amount over 2.25% increase of current salary is to be paid from the county attorney’s share of collections money)

All members voting aye thereon. Motion carried.

Moved by Wiley, seconded by Hertle, to set the FY17 full-time salary of Toni Parizek at $40,518 (as stated in the budget request) and not at $41,000 as earlier acted upon. All members voting aye thereon. Motion carried.

The board continued working on the FY17 budget.

Moved by Wiley, seconded by Hertle, to adjourn. All members voting aye thereon. Motion carried.

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Donald H. Frese, Chairman

ATTEST:

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Jill Marlow, Benton County Auditor