The Washington County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday decided on their leadership team for the year. Commissioner Karla Bigham will serve as board chair, and Commissioner Bethany Cox will serve as vice chair.
Washington County Commissioners Karla Bigham, left, and Bethany Cox (Courtesy of Bigham and Cox)
Bigham, elected in 2022, is serving in her second term on the county board; she previously served from 2015 to 2018. She also served in the Minnesota Senate, the Minnesota House of Representatives and on the Cottage Grove City Council.
Cox, elected to the board in November 2024, worked as director of development at the Wild Rivers Conservancy of the St. Croix and Namekagon from 2019 to 2024.
The board also recently approved staff and board pay increases. By a 4-1 vote, the board approved pay increases last month for County Administrator Kevin Corbid, Sheriff Dan Starry and County Attorney Kevin Magnuson for 2026; Commissioner Michelle Clasen was the “no” vote in each of the three motions.
Corbid will earn $259,284, a 6 percent increase over last year’s salary. Magnuson will earn $240,466 and Starry $230,605, both 6 percent increases.
The board members voted unanimously to give themselves 3 percent raises; each commissioner now makes $88,051 a year.
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