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Polk County approves recruitment and retention incentives for deputies and sergeants; adds licensure pay for solid-waste operators
Summary
Polk County commissioners voted to approve three memorandums of understanding to provide sign-on and retention incentives to deputies and sergeants and to add licensure premium pay for solid‑waste operators, using state public-safety funds and departmental resources.
Polk County commissioners voted to approve three memorandums of understanding that offer hiring and retention incentives for law-enforcement staff and add licensure premium pay for solid-waste operators.
County staff presented the three MOUs at the board meeting and said the packages would be paid from state public-safety funds provided to the county in February 2023 and existing departmental funds. The board approved the MOUs by voice vote; commissioners did not record a roll-call tally during the meeting.
The first MOU covers deputies represented by LELS. County staff said the deputies group includes 18 positions and that the package uses a three-part structure: a $5,000 sign-on/retention payment per…
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