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Duchesne County approves one-time wage-scale increase for sheriff’s deputies to address staffing shortfall
Summary
The Duchesne County Commission voted to approve an increase to the sheriff's department wage scale intended to raise starting pay and retain deputies; the change adds roughly $646,719 in compensation costs to the 2025 budget, commissioners said.
The Duchesne County Commission voted April 14 to raise the sheriff's department wage scale after hearing from Sheriff Tucker about persistent vacancies and turnover.
Sheriff Tucker told commissioners the office was down about 9–10 deputies and that the department had fallen behind competing state and county pay scales. He asked the commission for what he described as emergency funding to raise starting pay to $28 per hour and to implement a $5.05-per-hour increase across existing deputies to reduce pay compression and retain trained staff.
County finance figures presented at the meeting showed the…
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