Ellis Co. Commission increases pay for some non-elected employees

By JONATHAN ZWEYGARDT
Hays Post

The Ellis County Commission approved a resolution increasing the salaries of some non-elected employees at Monday night’s commission meeting.

The resolution, effective Jan. 3, brings the salaries for all non-elected, union ineligible employees to the minimum set in the job study conducted last year by Evergreen Solutions.

Under the resolution, those employees also receive a 1-percent pay increase. Earlier this month, the commission approved the same 1-percent pay increase for non-elected union employees.

In other business, the commission:

• Approved reorganization for 2016. Commissioner Dean Haselhorst will serve as the commission chair and Commissioner Barb Wasinger the vice chair of the commission.

• Approved a noxious weed agreement with the Kansas Department of Transportation allowing the county to treat noxious weeds in the state right-of-ways.

• Approved a cereal malt beverage license for RPM Speedway.