The Memphis County Board of Commissioners voted to give the county administrator a 3% pay increase and the same increase in benefits provided to Memphis County staff this fiscal year, retroactive to July 1, 2025. A board member moved the action after the board reconvened from a closed session and the motion was seconded.
The vote followed a certification that only the matter identified in the motion to enter closed session had been discussed. The board then voted by roll call: Mr. Bowen voted yes; Mr. Walls voted yes; Mr. Jones indicated assent. Miss Green conducted the roll call.
The motion language recorded in the meeting transcript was: "I move that we have a pay increase from the county administrator, 3 percent pay raise plus same increase in benefits as provided to the Memphis County Staff this fiscal year, retroactive to 07/01/2025." That motion was approved by the recorded votes. The meeting transcript does not identify the member who moved or the member who seconded by name.
The meeting record does not specify the dollar value of the increase, how the change will be implemented in payroll records, or whether other commissioners were absent or recorded later. The motion ties the benefits change to the same adjustment given to "Memphis County Staff this fiscal year," but the transcript does not list the staff-wide benefit increase percentage or the funding source for the adjustment.
No legal authority, ordinance number, or budget amendment was cited on the record during the motion or the roll call. No further discussion about implementation, cost, or budget impact was included in the provided transcript excerpt.