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Grievance panel unanimously recommends $150,000 salary for Lubbock County Sheriff Kelly Rowe
Summary
A nine-member citizen grievance committee voted 9-0 to recommend raising Sheriff Kelly Rowe’s salary to $150,000; because the vote was unanimous the increase will be placed in the county budget under state law.
A citizen grievance committee for Lubbock County voted unanimously Monday to recommend raising Sheriff Kelly Rowe’s annual salary to $150,000, the committee chair said. Under Texas Local Government Code §152.016, a unanimous recommendation from this grievance panel must be included in the county budget before it is filed.
Rowe asked the committee to consider the increase during a hearing in which he described long-term “compression” in the county’s salary structure that left some of his command staff earning more than the sheriff. Rowe, who said he has worked in law enforcement for nearly 34 years and has been county sheriff for about 16…
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