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Wicomico County council pauses most pay increases, agrees to advance sheriff raise by resolution
Summary
Council work session reviewed compensation-committee recommendations: most proposed raises for the county executive and council were deferred by consensus, while members signaled majority support for increasing the sheriff’s pay and asked staff to return a resolution for formal vote.
Wicomico County Council members on Jan. 6 reviewed recommendations from the compensation commission on elected-official pay and reached a consensus to defer most proposed increases while advancing a recommended raise for the county sheriff. The committee’s packet listed the county executive’s current salary at $107,000 and recommended $109,000 plus a $2,000 annual step increase; councilors expressed reluctance to adopt that change immediately, citing timing and budgetary concerns.
At the work session several members said the executive had previously told the…
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