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Clay County panel considers tying sheriff and prosecutor pay to circuit judge salary; counsel to redraft language
Summary
Commissioners debated a draft that would set the sheriff and prosecuting attorney salary base equal to the circuit judge salary (effective Jan. 1, 2027) and then allow the county commission to grant annual increases capped by average county employee increases; concerns focused on downstream pay effects and local control.
Clay County commissioners reviewed a proposal to set the base salaries for the sheriff and the prosecuting attorney at the circuit judge's salary on Jan. 1, 2027, then allow the County Commission to set future annual increases (subject to a cap tied to average county employee raises).
County counselor Kevin framed the proposal as an effort to set an explicit, office-based salary floor for two high-responsibility public-safety offices and then return annual discretion on adjustments to the commission. "On Jan. 1, 2027, whatever the circuit judge salary is, that would be the base for the offices," Kevin…
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