Salaries for elected county officials will go up 2 percent, not 2.5 percent

Winneshiek County supervisors have voted unamimously to reduce the recommendations of the county's Compensation Board and give elected officials a 2 percent pay raise, not a 2.5 percent raise.

The action will increase Sheriff Leon Bohr's salary to $63,878 a year starting July 1st.  County Attorney Andy Van Der Maaten's salary will increase to $56,877 a year.  Treasurer Wayne Walter will be paid $49,152 a year starting JUly 1st.  County Auditor Ben Steines will receive a $48,774 salary, while County Recorder Teresa Bockman's salary will increase to $47,890.

County supervisors will also be getting pay raises.  County Board Chairman Les Askelson will receive $28,813 a year, while the other four supervisors each will be paid $28,099.