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Supervisors approve pay-classification changes for part-time sheriff's staff to address liability and standardize wages
Summary
The Benton County Board of Supervisors approved Resolution 25-15, amending earlier language on part-time sheriff's wages to create a utility-deputy classification, standardize starting rates, and reinstate certain courthouse security staff as certified deputies to reduce liability.
The Benton County Board of Supervisors on March 25 adopted Resolution 25-15, which amends an earlier action on part-time sheriff's wages and classifications (Resolution 24-52) and creates a standardized "utility deputy" classification for part-time and reserve personnel working for the sheriff's office.
The resolution directs the sheriff's office to consolidate part-time employees, reserve deputies and courthouse security staff into a pool titled "utility deputies," clarifies that utility deputies must be state-certified peace officers (or be in the process of reinstatement), and sets a consistent starting wage schedule for future hires. The sheriff's office told the board that existing employees will not have pay taken away;…
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