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Commission approves on-call pay policy, deletes ambiguous paragraph; Sweetwater MOU still in draft
Summary
Daggett County approved an on-call pay policy for deputies with a small annual cost increase; commissioners removed an unclear paragraph from the draft policy. The related MOU with Sweetwater County is incomplete and remains under negotiation, as is a mutual-aid agreement that will later be finalized.
The commission approved a revised on-call pay policy for county deputies with the caveat that an unclear first paragraph in section 17.10.3 be deleted. Staff estimated the policy will increase deputy compensation by approximately $7,000–$7,500 annually; budget staff indicated the county budget can sustain that increase.
Commissioners discussed operational details such as vehicle use and how deputies trade on-call shifts. The draft MOU with Sweetwater County — intended to formalize on-call and mutual-aid arrangements — was not final and will return for signature once Sweetwater’s chief deputy completes edits. County staff said the county’s MOU will be between sheriff’s offices rather than a broader mutual-aid replacement for state-level arrangements; they also described a meeting scheduled Thursday to continue finalizing the mutual-aid wording.
Commissioners further discussed that Castle Rock or state-level partners had been reluctant to provide backup ambulance coverage under the current arrangements; the updated MOU would formalize sheriff-to-sheriff coverage and address some of those concerns.
Why this matters: The on-call pay policy sets compensation for deputies who are required to remain available locally and ensures formal mutual-aid language is in place with neighboring agencies to maintain coverage for urgent calls and ambulance response.
