(KNZA)--Brown County employees have been granted a pay raise for 2020.
The Brown County Commission Monday unanimously approved a 50 cent an hour raise for all employees.
The raise will go into effect the first payroll in January.
Following an executive session, the Commission voted to offer the District 3 crewman position to Caleb Clement.
In other business, Natural Resources Conservation Service District Conservationist Matt Sprick met with the Commission to discuss a streambank stablization project on 290th Road along the Laus Creek Tributary.
The Commission voted to accept and sign an agreement with the NRCS for the project. Federal funding through the NRCS's Emergency Watershed Protection Program will provide funding for 75 percent of the construction costs. The county will be required to provide a 25 percent match, which can be cash or in-kind services.
The Commission also voted to advertise for bids for the project from December 30 through January 10. Bid packets will be available at the Brown County Clerk's Office.
And County IT Director Sandy Carter updated the Commission on the new county website. The new website will go live on December 30.
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