Hays Post incorrectly reported Wednesday that employee pay raises were no longer included in the latest draft of the Ellis County 2015 budget.

According to county administrator Greg Sund, there was “originally a three percent allowance in the draft budget for raises and implementation of the wage and benefit study.  In order to balance the budget, that percent had to be reduced to two percent.”

Commission chairwoman Barbara Wasinger added that “no final decision has been made on raises.”