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Pawnee County Board Reorganization Meeting Held

By John Nixon

01/08/2016

Pawnee County Courthouse

(KLZA)-- The Pawnee County Board of Commissioners held their annual reorganization meeting Tuesday. The Board members voted to retain Dennis Schaardt at Chairman and Jan Lang as Vice Chairman.

Various appointments were approved including Jan Lang and Caralyn Friedly to the Southeast District Health Board; Tichy LandSurvey Company as County Surveyor; Chris Rauner as Highway Superintendent; Terry Kerl as Weed Superintendent and Zoning Manager, Clint Strayhorn as Emergency Manager, Scott Farwell, Greg Bowen and Marcia Borcher to the Planning Commission Board for three year terms; Donald Luedders, Scott Farwell, Ron Puhalla, Steve Cumro, and Phyllis Smith to the Board of Adjustment for three year terms. Bruce Droge, will serve as an alternate.

In other business the Board reviewed the United HealthCare renewal kit for 2016 but no action was taken.

Bill Clark with Karr Tuckpointing and courthouse custodian Mark Tegtmeier met with the Board regarding a tuckpointing estimate. Commissioners approved hiring Karr Tuckpointing at a cost of $8,492 to patch approximately 8 square feet of damaged stucco on an outside wall of the Pawnee County Courthouse.

During a meeting with Highway Superintendent Chris Rauner and Administrative Assistant Heather Duryea, the Board discussed their wages. Commissioners voted to change Duryea to a 40-hour work week from 37.5 and keep the same hourly wage. Also approved were pay increases of $1,000 annually for 2016 and 2017 for Rauner. His pay will be $48,000 in 2016 and $49,000 in 2017.

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