Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Get email alerts on the Public Safety Staffing topic
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
Sheriff announces hires and chief-deputy appointment; board approves hiring and pay changes
Summary
The board approved hiring Joel McWilliams as a deputy and appointed him chief deputy; it also approved a status change and hourly wage adjustment for Deputy Stephen Bridal (hourly rate set at $49.35). Supervisors discussed staffing, overtime, and shift patterns in the sheriff’s office.
Franklin County supervisors approved the hiring of Joel McWilliams as a deputy and separately approved his appointment as chief deputy. The board also approved a status change and hourly wage adjustment for Deputy Stephen Bridal, setting his hourly rate at $49.35.
During the item the sheriff said the office has six deputies and that scheduling and overtime remain management priorities. Supervisors and the sheriff discussed possible shift changes, including 10-hour and hybrid schedules, to reduce overtime and on-call burdens; the sheriff said that vacations and high summer workload had strained scheduling in July and August.
The board approved the hiring motion for McWilliams at a salary level included in the record and then voted to appoint him chief deputy. The board also moved to set Bridal’s hourly wage at $49.35 and confirmed that chief-deputy pay percentages would remain as previously established.
Supervisors requested further work on staffing models and expressed interest in discussing alternative shift schedules in a future meeting to reduce overtime and improve continuity of coverage.
