Cole County Salary Commission approves raise for elected officials

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ)

Elected officials in Cole County will take home more money in the coming years, after a vote for a 5% raise was narrowly passed at the Tuesday meeting of the Cole County Salary Commission.

The vote came after a debate between members about whether to note that elected officials have not received an official raise in decades. The only exceptions they noted were cost-of-living adjustments and a separate adjustment in 2017 to bring salaries back in line with state statutes.

The raise was passed by a vote of 7-5, with the county sheriff, prosecutor, and public administrator among those in favor, and all three county commissioners among those against the proposal.

The commission also passed a separate cost-of-living adjustment by a vote of 10-2.