When they met Wednesday, Leavenworth County commissioners voted to remove elected officials from a county pay plan.
Salaries of the county elected officials are set each year by the commission. But the salaries were being determined using the same pay plan that is used for employees of the county government. The pay plan takes into consideration factors such as experience and education.
The change approved Wednesday by the County Commission removes the commissioners as well as other elected officials such as the county clerk and sheriff from the pay plan. County Administrator Mark Loughry said commissioners reached a consensus then to remove the salaries of county elected officials from the pay plan. The issue was brought back to commissioners Wednesday for formal adoption.
Commissioners unanimously approved the measure without much discussion Wednesday.
(Read more: Leavenworth Times)