WHEREAS, Minnesota Statutes § 383B.021 provides in pertinent part that the “Hennepin County Board may set the salary of board members by resolution limited to that subject,” and that “[a]djustments in commissioners’ salaries shall be adopted by the county board by resolution prior to a general election to take effect on January 1 of the succeeding year," and

WHEREAS, Minnesota Statutes § 383B.021 further provides that “[a]ny resolution that makes an adjustment must state the change and the resulting salary for a member as fixed dollar amounts,” and

WHEREAS, Resolution 16-0411 was the most recent Resolution adopted to increase Commissioner compensation setting the maximum salary level for Hennepin County Commissioners for 2017 at $110,795.78 annually and for 2018 at $113,566.00 annually; and

WHEREAS, Resolutions 18-0435 and 20-0404 were not adopted and would have set the annual maximum salary level for Hennepin County Commissioners for 2019 at $116,405.15, for 2020 at $119,315.27, for 2021 at $116,405.15 and for 2022 at $118,733.25; and

WHEREAS, Hennepin County employees received a 2.5% increase at max on January 2, 2022 and are scheduled to receive a 2.5% salary increase at max on January 1, 2023 and a 2.5% increase at max on December 31, 2023; and

WHEREAS, Hennepin County Commissioner salary increases traditionally track employee salary increases in the following year.

BE IT RESOLVED, that effective January 1, 2023, the Hennepin County Commissioners' maximum salary increase by 5.0% to $119,244.30 annually, that effective January 1, 2024, the Hennepin County Commissioners' maximum salary increase by 2.5% to $122,225.41 annually; and that each Hennepin County Commissioner is eligible for the reimbursement up to $2,000 per year for eligible expenses from Hennepin County's Trade Time for Fitness Program; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that each commissioner may file notice with the County Administrator requesting the specified salary adjustment no later than Wednesday, December 7, 2022 for the January 1, 2023 adjustment and by no later than Wednesday, December 6, 2023 for the January 1, 2024 adjustment; and that should a notice not be filed by the commissioner, their salary will remain at their current salary level for the succeeding year; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a newly elected commissioner may file notice with the County Administrator requesting the specified salary adjustment no later than Wednesday, December 7, 2022 for the January 1, 2023 adjustment.