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Commissioners approve step increase for Correctional Officer Jordan Wilcox
Summary
At the Feb. 11 meeting the board approved a requested step increase for Jordan Wilcox, Correctional Officer I, to address a pay disparity. The increase raises his step and adds about $0.60 per hour to his rate, per the HR briefing form and the sheriff's request.
Tracy Humphrey, Lincoln County human resources director, presented a personnel request from Sheriff Swenson asking the board to approve an additional step increase for Jordan Wilcox, a Correctional Officer I, to remedy a wage disparity among peers.
Humphrey said Wilcox's current pay step (listed in the briefing as 1066) was incorrect at his promotion last year; the sheriff asked the board to move Wilcox to step 1068, which Humphrey said would increase the rate by about $0.60 per hour to $29.08 (reported in the packet as approximately $29.08). The change was within the department's allowable step range and intended to align Wilcox with other correctional officers.
There was no public comment on the item. A motion to approve the step increase passed on a roll-call vote; Commissioners Arons, Otten, Putnam and Landin recorded "yes." The board noted the sheriff was present and that the action remedied an administrative pay error.
Why it matters: routine personnel-step adjustments affect staff morale, retention and the corrections budget; the board approved the adjustment as requested by the sheriff and HR.
The county will implement the step increase effective with the employee's anniversary step date and update payroll records accordingly.
