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County clerk urges countywide pay review, warns staff cuts if raises aren’t approved
Summary
The county clerk told commissioners her office is chronically underpaid and asked the court to raise deputy clerks’ pay to $45,000 and the chief deputy/compliance salary to about $62,000, saying long-term reliance on a records-management fund to pay staff is unsustainable.
The county clerk told Uvalde County commissioners during a budget workshop that staff in the clerk’s office are “underpaid, undervalued” and that it is time for an immediate, countywide review of compensation.
The clerk said the office currently uses a records‑management fund to supplement salaries but argued that fund was not intended for ongoing payroll. “That fund was meant to preserve and digitize records,” she said, adding, “I demand…
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