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Salary board approves new deputy roles and one‑time pay increase in Register and Recorder's office
Summary
Lawrence Countysalary board approved resolutions creating two nonunion deputy positions in the Register and Recorder's office, a one‑time $2,000 increase for the longest‑tenured chief deputy and elimination of one staff position; county staff said the changes produce an estimated $44,000 net savings.
Lawrence Countysalary board on June 24 approved three related personnel resolutions proposed by Register and Recorder Tammy Crawford that create two nonunion deputy positions, designate a senior deputy with a one‑time pay increase and eliminate an existing position.
The resolutions—listed in the meeting packet as Salary Board Resolutions 26, 27 and 28—create a chief deputy recorder of deeds position with a $45,000 base salary, a deputy register of wills position with a $43,000 base salary, and a one‑time $2,000 increase for the longest‑tenured chief deputy, who would be designated senior chief deputy. The packet and hearing testimony state the combination of the changes will reduce overall staffing by one position and yield a net savings to the county of about $44,000.
"I would like to create a chief deputy recorder of deeds position in our office with the base salary of $45,000," Register and Recorder Tammy Crawford said during the meeting. "The longest tenure of employee as a chief deputy in the register and recorder's office shall receive a one‑time increase of $2,000 and be designated as senior chief deputy."
Crawford told the board the changes were prompted by the recent retirement of the office's longest‑tenured chief deputy after 51 years of service. She said the board's role is to act on positions rather than individual employees and that, if approved, the elected officeholder would have authority to hire staff for the new positions.
Board members moved and seconded a single vote to adopt all three resolutions. The roll call as recorded in the minutes showed the measure passed unanimously. The resolutions were noted in the meeting as effective retroactive to May 6, 2025.
The salary board packet describes the two deputy roles as nonunion management positions. During discussion, Crawford and board members emphasized the county's practice of treating recorder and register of wills duties as a combined office in Lawrence County, unlike larger counties where the offices are separate.
The board held two executive sessions in recent weeks to discuss personnel matters, which the chair entered into the record before the vote. No public commenters spoke on the recorder proposals during the meeting's public‑comment opportunities.
The vote implementing Resolutions 26, 27 and 28 was recorded as approved. The Register and Recorder and county controller will coordinate administrative steps to update payroll and position listings.
