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After heated debate on clerk pay, Chickasaw supervisors direct attorney to draft limit on deputy positions
Summary
Following an extended discussion about deputy pay and job descriptions, the board voted to ask the county attorney to draft a resolution that would set one authorized deputy per selected elected office effective July 1; supervisors tied the move to budget pressure and recent deputy raises.
The Chickasaw County Board of Supervisors voted to direct the county attorney to draft a resolution that would set the number of authorized deputies in certain elected offices to one, effective July 1. The vote followed an extended and sometimes contentious discussion about deputy pay percentages, job descriptions and budgeting.
Chair opened the discussion asking whether the supervisors wanted to reduce the number of deputies in elected offices and when changes would take effect. Several supervisors raised concerns that deputy status carries a statutory pay-attachment (a percentage of the elected official’s salary) and that recent raises for one office’s deputy had outpaced increases…
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