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Minnesota briefs: Supreme Court sides with Freeborn County sheriff in salary dispute
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The Minnesota Supreme Court handed a win to Freeborn County Sheriff Kurt Freitag, ruling that the county Board of Commissioners improperly set his salary without giving any rationale for its decision.
In December 2018, the board set Freitag s 2019 salary at $97,020. Freitag had made a detailed presentation to the board, including a comparison of sheriffs salaries in similarly sized counties. He asked for a salary of $113,952, a raise of 23%.
When his proposal was rejected, Freitag appealed the decision to Freeborn County District Court, as he had the right to do under state law governing sheriffs. That court agreed with him and set his salary at the amount he requested. The county then appealed to the Minnesota Court of Appeals, which sided with the county.
Created: January 11, 2021 10:58 PM
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