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Carroll County delegation approves raises and sets elected-official pay for coming cycles
Summary
The executive committee approved salary levels for several elected positions, including register of deeds ($131,000), county attorney ($135,000), treasurer ($10,540) and sheriff ($133,000). Votes ranged from unanimous to 4–1.
The Carroll County delegation’s executive committee voted on and approved a package of salary decisions for county elected officials during its meeting.
Representative Smith moved to keep county commissioners’ pay at the prior year’s level ($12,000) and the motion carried. Later, the committee considered individual elected-office salaries in separate motions.
On the register of deeds, a motion to increase the position’s pay was amended by Representative Smith to set the salary at $131,000 for the upcoming cycle; Representative Mleair seconded the amendment. Representative McDonald voiced opposition, calling the amendment “just shy of $50,000 raise” compared with the earlier proposal, but the amended motion passed 4–1.
The county attorney described oversight of two departments and roughly 11 full-time staff (expanding to 11–15 with summer interns). A motion introduced by Representative McDonald and seconded by Representative Mleair to set the county attorney’s salary at $135,000 for 2027–2028 passed unanimously, 5–0.
The treasurer’s salary was set at $10,540 after a motion by Representative Smith; members asked for clarification about prior payouts and the paperwork before approving the amount 5–0.
On the sheriff’s salary, Representative Smith moved to set pay at $133,000 for the next cycle. The sheriff outlined responsibilities covering patrol in 18 towns and courthouse security. Commissioners compared neighboring counties’ sheriff pay and agreed Carroll County’s sheriff had been underpaid; that motion passed 4–1.
Votes were recorded at each motion: commissioners’ pay (approved), register of deeds (amended motion approved 4–1), county attorney (approved 5–0), treasurer (approved 5–0), and sheriff (approved 4–1). The committee did not cite a salary study or external ordinance during the discussion; members asked staff to provide underlying spreadsheets and prior-year salary lists where appropriate.
The committee’s actions set the salary levels but did not specify changes to benefits or job descriptions, nor did the group tie the pay changes to a separate budgetary line beyond the usual appropriation process.
