(Shelby Co) The Shelby County Board of Supervisors approved a resolution for the Shelby County Handbook addendum establishing an EMS pay scale.
The resolution states that Shelby County voters passed a public measure establishing a 75-cents per thousand dollars of taxable valuation levy for the establishment of a County operated Emergency Medical Services Department. The establishment and organization of the department was abruptly and unexpectedly placed on Shelby County to be completed by December 1st and the employment wage scales had not been determined as of December 1st. The following employees wage scale will be placed as an addendum to the County Employee handbook.
EMS EMPLOYEE WAGE SCALE
| Name | Rate | Name | Rate | |||
| DREYER, VENUS | $20.00 | Hourly | MCCALL, ADAM | $20.00 | Hourly | |
| KEANE, DAVID | $29.50 | Hourly | TOMPKINS, AUSTIN | $27.50 | Hourly | |
| WATSON, LORI ANN | $29.50 | Hourly | THORESON, JENNIFER | $29.50 | Hourly | |
| YATES, MARY | $28.00 | Hourly | STURM, NATYA | $25.00 | Hourly | |
| DUGGAN, CONNOR | $27.50 | Hourly | SYRSTAD, ANDREA | $29.50 | Hourly | |
| HARDING, DANIEL | $20.00 | Hourly | BLUM, ALEX DALE | $20.00 | Hourly |
The addendum will be filed with the County handbook and set to expire on June 30, 2024, unless a new wage scale has been approved by June 30th.
The Supervisors also held a public hearing concerning an interfund loan which may be needed to fund Shelby County EMS for beginning cash flow purposes. There were no public comments. It has been proposed that the County approve an internal advance of funds in the amount of $125,000 for the purpose of paying the costs of startup of the EMS Department, including operation and employee costs, and in order to make the Advance eligible to be repaid from future EMS Department income, including property tax receipts. The resolution authorizing a loan to the Emergency Medical Services Fund was approved.
A public hearing was also held on an ordinance to allow Shelby County to receive the one-percent income taxes approved by voters and collected by the Iowa Department of Revenue to be returned to Shelby County to be used for EMS expenditures. There were no comments during the hearing and the board approved the resolution.
In other action, the Supervisors approved the promotion of Chris Federicksen to County Engineer effective January 22, 2024. Chris Fredericksen has been the Assistant Engineer for over six years.
The Supervisors approved the appointment of Tom Kallman to the Veterans Commission Board.
