# Vigo County employee compensation policy — flat raise vs. stipends

The county has not decided how to raise employee pay; the budget committee
recessed without acting on salaries or grade changes on August 13, 2026, and
on August 24 a member proposed a flat per-employee raise instead of separate
stipends, with elected-official raises to be voted separately. No return date
is set.

*Also known as: flat raise · cost of living raise · county employee raises · county pay policy · elected official pay raise · stipend cuts · county salary decisions*