The Miami County Commission on July 23 approved a pay adjustment for two sheriff's office employees and passed a resolution amending the county organizational chart to remove a part‑time information specialist and add two full‑time deputy sheriff positions, voting 4-0 on both items.

Undersheriff Matt Kelly requested pay adjustments after an internal review with human resources found two employees were hired at lower pay rates than others in the same classification. Kelly asked the commission to approve one‑time pay adjustments of 7.68% for one employee and 7.14% for the other to bring their pay closer to peers. “I don't really have a great explanation as to that other than it was an oversight on my part,” Kelly said, acknowledging responsibility for the hiring decisions.

Commissioners approved the pay adjustments by voice vote.

Later in the agenda Sarah Denny, the county human resources director, presented a resolution to modify the organizational chart. The resolution eliminates one part‑time (0.6 FTE) information specialist position in the jail fund and adds two full‑time Deputy Sheriff positions (grade LEO‑8) to the Sheriff's Patrol fund and the General Fund. Denny said the two deputy positions are grant‑funded positions the commission previously approved the department to fill.

Denny provided budget context: the county had budgeted roughly $35,000 in salary and benefits for the part‑time information specialist this year, which will be reallocated toward a contract with NetStandard. She said the annualized estimated cost of one full‑time deputy, including benefits and budgeted overtime, is $110,843. Denny also said the two deputy positions are covered by $125,000 in grant funding distributed evenly over three years.

Commissioners discussed how salary savings and the contract for NetStandard interact with the staffing changes; staff said they planned to use the budgeted savings to offset related contract costs. The commission approved the org‑chart resolution 4-0.