(Red Oak, Iowa) – The Board of Supervisors in Montgomery County, this (Tuesday) morning, agreed to receive, but take no action on, the salary recommendations by the County Compensation Board for Fiscal Year 2024-25, “With possible modifications.” Supervisor Donna Robinson said she attended the Compensation Board meeting. She said there were two motions made during that meeting.

When the motion died, there was additional discussion, followed by a second motion.

The Compensation Board passed the motion, 4-to-1. It amounts to $100,000. The Supervisors, by a vote of 4-to-1, with Randy Cooper voting “Nay,” also passed the motion.

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Robinson said there was also discussion about new legislation coming down that would maintain the levy two caps. Robinson said Montgomery County is already capped on those two levies.

She said there are 30 counties above the cap statewide, and their budgets are struggling, yet their salaries are higher than what Montgomery County currently has.

In other business, the Montgomery County Supervisors set their organizational meeting as January 2^nd at 8:30-a.m.