MASON CITY – The Cerro Gordo County Compensation Board met on December 18th and approved a recommendation for raises for elected county officials.
At the meeting, chairman of the board Tom Jolas put forth a recommendation for 2 per cent raises for elected officials on July 15th, 2014 and January 1, 2015. “Cerro Gordo county benefits from professional and highly capable elected officials,” Jolas wrote in a memo. “By splitting the increases, the net cost to the county is 3 per cent for the fiscal year.”
The Board of Supervisors will review the recommendation and vote on the final outcome at a later date.
Cerro Gordo county is the Iowa’s 13th largest county in population. Elected officials’ pay in Cerro Gordo county for 2014, with the state rank, is shown below :
Supervisors: $47,509 (5)
County attorney:$106,869 (12)
County auditor: $65,853 (12)
County recorder: $65,103 (9)
County sheriff: $89,456 (11)
County treasurer: $65,853 (10)
District court judge: $143,897
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Compensation Board:
Tim LaPointe, appointed by the Board of Supervisors
Dave Theiss, appointed by the Board of Supervisors
John Stone, appointed by the County Treasurer
Richard Finstad, appointed by the County Sheriff
Mary Beth Greenan, appointed by the County Auditor
Tom Jolas, Chairman, appointed by the County Attorney
Bill Cody, appointed by the County Recorder
