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Sheriff seeks higher probationary pay and marketing money to boost recruitment; council to consider ordinance change in May
Summary
Sheriff Noah Robinson asked the council to raise the probationary deputy pay and fund advertising to recruit deputies amid anticipated retirements; the council did not vote on a salary change and asked the sheriff to return with a formal ordinance amendment.
Sheriff Noah Robinson told the council the sheriff’s office expects a higher-than-normal number of retirements in 2025–2026 and asked for a modest increase in the probationary deputy pay plus funding for a targeted recruitment campaign.
Robinson said raising the probationary pay closer to the one-year deputy rate would make the county more competitive with regional employers. "The cost separation between a probationary sheriff deputy and a one-year deputy ... is about $4,000," he said, adding that the county’s near-term cost for moving probationary deputies closer to the one-year pay scale would be "a little over $5,000" for 2025 to cover…
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