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Circuit public defender seeks county funding boost to close pay gap for county‑paid staff
Summary
Circuit Public Defender Chris Ramig asked Fayette County for about $24,676 to offset a proposed pay increase for county‑funded staff aimed at retention; County Administrator Rapson recommended a smaller, systemwide approach and said FY2025 budget language would reflect broader pay policy choices.
Circuit Public Defender Attorney Chris Ramig asked the Board to address pay inequities between state-paid and county‑paid public defender employees, requesting a 12% increase for county‑funded staff that would raise the circuitwide budget from about $1.5 million to approximately $1.68 million. Ramig said retention problems and pay disparities justified the request and that Spalding County had agreed to offset part of the increase.
County Administrator Steve Rapson said he favored a constrained approach that would avoid giving county‑paid staff larger increases than county employees generally receive; Rapson described a proposed FY2025 personnel approach that would use a forced bell curve with a cap (he cited a 6.25% limit) as the most administrable option. Ramig said 16 county‑funded positions were implicated and Fayette County’s share of the requested increase would be about $24,676.
