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Spokane County sheriff asks board to tie sheriff pay to undersheriff to avoid future compression
Summary
Sheriff (Spokane County) asked the Board of County Commissioners on April 15 to change how the sheriff’s salary is set so it does not repeatedly fall below the pay of deputies and command staff.
Sheriff (Spokane County) asked the Board of County Commissioners on April 15 to change how the sheriff’s salary is set so it does not repeatedly fall below the pay of deputies and command staff.
"I am here today to talk to you about the idea of tying my salary to that of my undersheriff's and asking you to set my salary 5.6% above that of the undersheriff's," the Sheriff told the board, explaining that recent contract settlements for deputies and command staff have pushed many of his direct reports to, or above, his current pay.
The sheriff told commissioners he plans to retire 1 undersheriff and not replace that inspector-level position; converting it to a deputy position would, he said, produce roughly $65,000 in net county savings across 2025–27.
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