Polk supervisors skip raises for a year

Catch up fast: Former Ankeny Mayor Mark Holm and lobbyist Jill Altringer, both Republicans, were elected in November.

• The county's website still says it is most important that their positions be available to their constituency full-time — but Holm and Altringer told Axios shortly after taking office in January that they're continuing their other gigs.

The intrigue: Holm has two government jobs, as he also makes $120,000 yearly as a public services manager at the Iowa Department of Transportation.

State of play: Polk County Compensation Board this month rejected a proposal to create a part-time, $75-an-hour option for supervisors and instead recommended the raise.

• Supervisors unanimously rejected the board's recommended salary increase on Tuesday.

Yes, but: They did approve 3% salary increases for the county government's other elected officials.

• County attorney Kimberly Graham, a Democrat, now makes almost $263,000, the most among Polk's elected offices.

What they're saying: Altringer recommended supervisors skip their raises, a move seconded by Holm. Neither spoke in the meeting about the reasons nor responded to our requests for comment.

• Supervisor Angela Connolly said the discussion about creating part-time positions was a factor in why she agreed with no raises.

What's next: Supervisors recently considered cutting about half of the emergency management budget to save money and will vote on the upcoming fiscal year budget in the coming weeks.