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Resident urges higher pay; county finance director outlines recent and planned increases for public safety
Summary
A resident urged the commission to raise public-safety pay to the 90th percentile so employees can afford to live in Rutherford County; county finance staff summarized recent and proposed pay increases that together amount to substantial raises for firefighters, EMTs, detention officers and others.
A Rutherford County resident used public comment to press the commission to raise public-safety pay, saying the county should fund salaries at the 90th percentile to retain workers who can afford to live locally. Commissioners and county staff then addressed pay changes the county has approved over the last two years and those proposed in the current budget.
"My name is William Travis, and I live at 1333 Round Rock Drive," said the resident, who previously worked for the sheriff's office. He said a commissioner's remark that the sheriff's office should hire from outside the county "is a tacit and condemnatory admission that this county does not pay its first responders a wage sufficient enough to…
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