CRYSTAL LAKE – The McHenry County College board of trustees approved a 2 percent raise, totaling $62,500 a year, for 38 administrators Thursday night.

But before the 4-3 vote in favor of the raise, board officials debated whether such a raise was feasible and fair given the current economic climate. They also discussed whether the 25 percent of health care insurance premiums that administrators pay ought to increase.

Ultimately, the trustees tabled action on adjustments to insurance premium contributions and voted only on the 2 percent raise for fiscal 2013, which began July 1. Trustees Mary Miller, Carol Larson, Linda Liddell and Cynthia Kisser voted for the raise; Dennis Adams, Barbara Walters and Ronald Parrish voted against it.