Ruling Endangers Linn County Longevity Pay
An Iowa attorney general opinion says longevity pay, a $400 to $600 yearly bonus for county service, is a salary component not a fringe benefit. It blocks payment to elected officials and may limit deputies, affecting about 20 workers. The Board of Supervisors lacks authority over elected officials' longevity pay.
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Mary Burke
Orzette County
Linn County
Iowa
Denver Dillard
Pat Kane
Attorney General’s Office
County Compensation Board
Theresa O’connell Weeg
Board of Supervisors
Dillard
Kane
Iowa State Association of Counties
ISAC
Grant Wood chief wins contract and wage hike
Dwight Bode administrator of the Grant Wood Area Education Agency received a three year contract and a 6 percent salary increase raising his pay to 45 845 with a 3180 annuity. The board approved raises for other management staff and set merit funds while the agency awaits a new educational services director.
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Mary Burke
Ette County
Dwight Bode
Grant Wood Area
Bode
Myron Rodee
Cliff Ehlinger
Media Services
Educational Services
John Cordes
Rodee
Ehlinger
Grant Wood
Faculty decries 22.5 cent mileage rate by school board
Grant Wood Area Education Agency faculty protested after the board set mileage reimbursement at 22.5 cents per mile, dropping the 25 mile gas pay requirement. The decision followed a split vote as administrators cited past averages and federal comparisons while the group urged a higher rate aligned with 24 cents offered statewide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grant Wood
Grant Wood Education Associa
Lynne Cannon
Cannon
Kathy Gutz
Gene Cretsinger
Linn County to Save 35000 Annually by Administrative Streamlining
Linn County will save over 35000 annually starting July 1 by reducing administrative-level positions from five to three. Deputy Auditor Claudine Hixson becomes full time budget director, while duties shift to remaining staff and budget office adjustments. Somoza cited context, noting 1979 US call for Nicaragua leadership change.
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Linn County
Joe Rinas
Claudine Hixson
Hixson
Merle Kopel
Iowa Department of Social Services
Auditor's Office
Rinas
Kopel
Auditor Office
Public hearing on College Community budget hike tonight
The College Community Schools board meets at 8 p.m. in Prairie High School library to hear a proposed $181,000 budget increase raising the year end total to $7.5 million. Administrators cite higher special education costs and extra tuition from districts.
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College Community Schools
Board of Education
Prairie High School
William Bach
Bach
College
College Community
Winnie the Pooh Film Featured in Park Program
A Winnie the Pooh short will be shown at Films in the Park in Ellis Park starting at 9 p.m. The Cedar Rapids Public Library sponsors the event with other new comedy shorts and the W C Fields film If I Had a Million.
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Winnie the Pooh
Doris Wilcox
Cedar Rapids
W.C. Fields
Greene Square Park
Psych unit move worries Linn County mental health board
The Linn County mental health center board voiced reservations about relocating the psychiatric unit from the rural care facility to the old Fillmore School. They questioned impacts on zoning, neighbor acceptance, and Health Department standards while a six member committee reviews Supervisor Jean Oxley’s plan. The board also approved a $10,000 raise for medical director Dr. Lana Moucharafieh to $70,000 for the upcoming year.
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Vanessa Shelton
Mental Health Center Board
Linn County
Fillmore School
Mental Health Center
Lee Belden
Cedar Rapids
Lth St. NW
Linn County Board of Supervisors
Jean Oxley
Marion
Iowa State Department of Health
Department of Mental Health Services
YWCA
Third Ave. SE
Fillmore
Third Ave
Guaranty Bank
Community Mental Health Center
Belden
Board of Supervisors
Forbes Johnson
Health Department
Lana Moucharafieh
Moucharafieh
Bogus Police Call Scam Targets Elderly Women
Two elderly residents reported calls from a man posing as a police officer claiming arrests of suspects in their area and warning of imminent release. In one case a caller pretended to be from the woman's insurer seeking valuables insurance. Authorities and the insurer say they did not make any calls.
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Woman's Insurance Company
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Linn
Iowa Council of Governments
Bruce Mitchell
Bernice Kramer
DSS
Bob Andrews
ERO
Steve Moshier
East Central
United States
Anastasio Somoza
Nicaragua
Dial
Northbrook Manor
Council Street
American Health Care Association
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