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Judge and grand jury seek raise, formal budget for county bailiffs after organizational review
Summary
Judge Josh Thacker and county bailiff leadership presented a grand jury recommendation to increase daily pay for part-time bailiffs and to move bailiff payroll/administration onto a county line item; presenters said current pay rates are outdated and the grand jury recommended the first change in over a decade.
Judge Josh Thacker presented background on the county bailiffs at the Oct. 6 workshop and said the county’s bailiff structure and compensation require formalization. He told commissioners the statutory framework is unclear on who “selects” versus who “appoints” bailiffs and that the county had been the only local government structure he found where the clerk of court administered pay rather than a centralized county payroll function.
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