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Sheriff's office seeks small pay-grade change, proposes in-service retirement for long-serving major
Summary
Chief deputy Steve Sturgis asked the committee to regrade one detective-lieutenant to captain pay, add a patrol lieutenant and consider an in-service retirement for Major Chuck Milton; Sturgis said the salary shift would cost only a few thousand dollars and that merit-board approval is required for the retirement arrangement.
Steve Sturgis, chief deputy with the sheriff's office, told the 2026 wage committee he wants to rebalance the department's rank structure and make a single pay-grade adjustment to equalize supervision on patrol. "The only adjustment that needs to be made is the increase from the lieutenant detective," Sturgis said, adding that the change would move that slot to a captain's pay grade and put a second lieutenant permanently on patrol.
Sturgis said the proposal affects one salary and would amount to "a couple grand for the year" on the…
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