DES MOINES — A bill making its way through the Iowa Statehouse calls to abolish the use of compensation boards and force county supervisors to recommend and vote directly on their own raises.

County officials currently appoint a compensation board to determine and ultimately recommend wage adjustments to elected seats — supervisors, auditor, recorder, treasurer, sheriff and county attorney. The Board of Supervisors then approves, reduces or rejects the compensation board’s recommendation. READ MORE