Cole County commission votes to correct elected officials’ salaries

The Cole County Commission voted 2 to 1 Tuesday to retroactively correct the salaries of elected officials.

This comes after it was recently discovered that Cole County was paying below what the law mandates. That law went into effect in 2007.

Elected officials will receive compensation for the salary discrepancy for the past five years. The money will come from the 2017 fiscal year budget.

An exact dollar amount is not yet available but it will likely cost Cole County upwards of $400,000.