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County commission approves legislation raising sheriff expense allowance and salary
Summary
The commission unanimously approved local legislation that increases the sheriff’s additional expense allowance and raises the sheriff’s base salary for future terms; the bill text included a change to raise the salary to $225,000 beginning in the next sheriff term.
The Montgomery County Commission voted unanimously Feb. 4 to approve local legislation amending Code Section 45‑51‑231.01 that changes both an expense allowance and the base annual salary for the Montgomery County Sheriff.
The proposal contained in the meeting packet and read into the record would increase an additional annual expense allowance for a sheriff who has served two or more consecutive full terms (the draft shows the allowance moving from $20,000 to $70,000 in the text included with the packet) and would raise the sheriff’s salary to $225,000 for the next term of office (the draft text shows an increase from $175,000 to $225,000). The bill text in the packet also states the act “shall become effective on the first day of the first month following its passage.”
Commissioner Castanza moved approval of the sheriff salary legislation and Vice Chairman Moore‑Zeigler seconded; the motion carried unanimously. The action as adopted was recorded in the meeting minutes and the county packet includes the bill language as presented.
County officials did not provide an estimate in the meeting packet of the immediate annual fiscal impact to the county general fund; the proposal ties the higher base to “effective beginning the next term of office” for the sheriff. The board’s recorded action directs county staff to process the adopted local legislation in accordance with the statutory procedure recorded in the packet.
