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Sheriff’s office details contract costs: Indian Trail pays for 90% of 38 assigned positions
Summary
Sheriff’s finance administrator told council that Indian Trail’s contract now covers 38 assigned positions (26 deputies), a single-deputy fully loaded cost near $128,000 for new requests, and proposed education/military incentives would be shared under the town’s 90/10 agreement with the county.
Dorothy Thomas, the sheriff’s public safety finance administrator, presented the history and cost structure of Indian Trail’s contract with the Union County Sheriff’s Office, telling council the town’s assigned complement has grown from two deputies in 1997 to 38 assigned positions today.
Thomas said the town’s FY26 cost for the division is roughly $5.2 million (the town pays 90% under the contract model). She explained the county calculates deputy salary averages using a snapshot of wages across…
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