The Brown County Board on Tuesday approved salary increases for elected and appointed county officials. The County Commissioner salary for 2012 was increased by $500 to $21,250, but the board agreed to lower their per-diem rate for attending meetings from $75 to $60. The county commissioner salaries had been unchanged since 2008. Brown County Sheriff Rich Hoffmann’s salary was increased by $3,200 to $84,000 for 2012, County Recorder Betty Kamolz will see a salary increase of about $2,500, Auditor-Treasurer Marlin Helget will see a pay hike of just over a thousand dollars, Family Services Director Tom Henderson is getting a $1,400 salary increase next year, Highway Engineer Wayne Stevens will receive a $2,000 pay increase, and County Administrator Charles Enter will see a $1,500 increase, to over $99,000 a year.