Coconino County managers recommend patrol pay-plan changes; supervisors signal support

May 16, 2025

County manager recommended adjustments to the sheriff's office patrol pay plan — raising entry pay, ending a new-hire incentive, and altering step progression — to improve recruitment and retention; board members expressed support but no formal vote was recorded.

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Coconino County managers recommended adjustments to the sheriff's office patrol pay plan on May 16, proposing a higher entry wage, a change to step progression and an end to the law-enforcement new-hire incentive, a package the county manager said would cost about $600,000 to the general fund for fiscal 2026.

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