The grid categorizes positions with grades based on job descriptions. Employees also have steps which are based on experience and county work anniversaries.
At the Jan. 20 board meeting, Wadena commissioners learned from Emergency Services Manager Luke Manderschied that the county's new emergency generator may be installed as soon as Feb. 16, Presidents' Day, if the engineering has been completed, in.
At the public hearing on March 7, six constituents shared their concerns about changing the recorder position from elected to appointed. The constituents expressed wanting to vote, and for the recorder employee to live in Wadena County.
The list of proposed maintenance projects includes additional steel siding underneath the grandstand, rebuilding the dairy barn’s northwest wall and repairs for the beef barn. Other projects include permanent gates at the east and Hwy 10 entrances, new floor and repairs for the Home and Hobbies building, old log building repairs and a new roof for the church.