YMC commissioners approve '13 budget, 6.25% tax levy increase and 10.6% pay raise for themselves

Yellow Medicine County commissioners unanimously approved the 2013 budget and a 6.25 percent property tax levy increase, but not before approving a 10.6 percent salary increase for themselves.
Board members approved the $2,000 pay increase in a 3-2 vote with commissioners Greg Renneke, Gary Johnson and Louis Sherlin voting in favor and commissioners Ron Antony and John Berends voting against.