Sheriff's $5.3M salary request could trigger pay-parity increases across county, commissioner says
Commissioner Christina Drew said the sheriff's office requested about $5.3M for salaries and that approving that increase would require raising pay for about 33 other positions (constables, fire marshal, DA investigators) to maintain parity; the total countywide cost was not yet calculated.
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Commissioner Christina Drew cited the sheriff's office request as an example of how individual salary requests can ripple across county payroll. "The sheriff's office, yeah. The sheriff's office, 5,300,000, just for an example. Their $5,300,000 salary increase," she said, and explained that constables, some fire marshal salaries and DA investigator positions typically require parity adjustments when sheriff pay is changed.
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