Following the budget discussion by the Marshall County Council last week, a subcommittee who has dissected the report from Waggoner, Irwin and Scheele (WIS) concerning the job descriptions and salaries, gave the council members a recommendation to consider.
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The Marshall County Council members were given an additional appropriation request for $10,000 to be used for the Veteran’s Service Officer pay.
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Superior Court No. 2 Judge Dean Colvin asked the Marshall County Council members Monday morning to change the pay range for the Marshall County Drug and Alcohol Education Program Director.
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Marshall County Sheriff Matt Hassel discussed with the county council members this week a concern about exempt and non-exempt status for some employees at the Sheriff’s Department.
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The Marshall County Commissioners reviewed the proposed reorganization of the highway department Tuesday morning.
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Marshall County Council members are not quite ready to approve job descriptions provided by Waggoner, Irwin and Scheele. The county was given a few of the job descriptions in April, but all of the documents for all positions within the county were received in October.
The Marshall County Commissioners discussed the creation of a highway department position when they met Monday morning.
The Marshall County Commissioners will meet today where the highway superintendent position will be discussed.
The Marshall County Commissioners will work with Waggoner, Irwin and Scheele to work out wording for a highway department superintendent position.
It’s been over a year since Kent Irwin from Waggoner, Irwin and Scheele appeared before the Marshall County Council members with a recommendation to overhaul the county’s job descriptions and wages. A year later, the job descriptions are finally in the hands of county officials for review.
The Marshall County Council members approved a new salary for Highway Supervisor Jason Peters.
The Marshall County Council members will be discussing the budget in a meeting on Aug. 21 where department heads will go over line items and budget needs for 2019.
The Marshall County Council members discussed a proposed salary ordinance for Marshall County Community Corrections.
Without a county engineer in place since the position came open in December of 2017, the Marshall County Commissioners may move Highway Supervisor Jason Peters into an interim highway superintendent position.
The Marshall County Council members discussed what type of raises, if any, will be given in the 2019 budget.
Marshall County officials are waiting for a final draft of job descriptions as assembled by consultant Waggoner, Irwin and Scheele.
A few of the job descriptions worked on by Waggoner, Irwin and Scheele have returned to the county for review.
The Marshall County Commissioners are still looking to fill the county’s engineer/director position at the county highway department. Commission President Kevin Overmyer said no resumes had been received as of Tuesday morning.
Commissioner Mike Delp said Highway Supervisor Jason Peters has made an offer to hire a clerk at the highway department. Delp added that since things are in a transition phase at the moment, others should be involved when hiring a parts manager.
Marshall County Planning Commission President Stan Klotz was before the Marshall County Council members this week asking to have consultant Waggoner, Irwin and Scheele to put together a job description for a part-time code enforcement officer.
The company’s representatives would finalize the description and recommend a salary range for the position for approval by the county council. The planning commission members recently unanimously approved the proposal to the company for development.
Marshall County Commissioner Kurt Garner presented the county council members Monday morning with a proposed job description change pertaining to the highway administrator’s position.
Garner explained it is the thought to change the highway administrator’s position to a county engineer/director position. The highway administrator’s position will become vacant at the end of the year with the retirement of Laurie Baker on Dec. 29. Garner said the addition of an engineer to the highway department would be beneficial.
