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Polk County court allocates discretionary salary funds to raise jail and dispatcher pay
Summary
Commissioners approved an allocation of the $343,000 discretionary salary pool to provide a two-step pay increase for corrections officers and dispatchers and divided the remaining funds between the sheriff/jail and the rest of the general fund.
Polk County commissioners voted to allocate the budgeted $343,000 discretionary salary pool to raise pay for corrections officers and dispatchers and to distribute the remainder across county departments. The court approved a plan that funds a two-step increase for current corrections officers and dispatchers and places the remaining monies into a split allocation for the sheriff/jail and the general fund.
County staff presented multiple scenarios for the court, including a two-step and a four-step increase for the targeted positions. The two-step scenario would cost roughly $88,000 for corrections and dispatchers and leave about…
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