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Sheriff asks Greene County Council to raise courthouse security pay, adds request for two jailers and transport officer; 911 fund deficit flagged
Summary
Sheriff sought parity increases for courthouse security to match front-office pay and asked for two new jailer positions plus a transport officer. The sheriff's office also told council that 911 equipment billing was previously charged to the commissioners and that the 9-1-1 fund faces a multi-year deficit unless revenue lines change.
The Greene County sheriff told the county council Wednesday that courthouse security staff need pay parity with front-office employees and asked the council to consider adding two jailer positions and a transport officer to the sheriff's budgets.
Sheriff (name not specified) told the council that courthouse security handles weapons and volatile situations and that keeping experienced staff is getting more difficult in the current labor market. "If something really bad happened here, he's the guy you want coming up," the sheriff said of his security staff, later adding that the courthouse team had made 38 arrests so far this year and that the…
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