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Warrick County approves 3.5% pay increase for county employees
Summary
Commissioners voted unanimously to approve a 3.5% across-the-board pay raise for county employees after a budget hearing that weighed departmental requests, recruitment pressures and projected revenue increases; the vote passed 7-0.
Warrick County commissioners voted unanimously to approve a 3.5% pay increase for county employees after a budget review meeting that included department-by-department presentations and questions about affordability.
Committee member (speaker 3) moved for a 3.5% raise and the motion was seconded; the board recorded the motion as carried 7-0. The discussion leading to the vote centered on a combination of recruitment challenges, recent cost-of-living measures and the county's projected additional property tax revenue estimated during the meeting.
County Administrator Debbie Bennett Steersman described several budget pressures that informed the discussion, including cybersecurity work, rising attorney fees and expected increases in inmate health-care costs. Commissioners and staff also cited a recent growth quotient that added roughly $600,000 in projected property-tax receipts as a factor in the board's willingness to consider raises now.
Commissioners said the personnel committee will continue to review select elected-official or public-safety pay requests that need additional study. The motion adopted at the meeting applied to county employees as voted; further adjustments for specific offices or job classes may be handled in subsequent personnel committee meetings.
The board said it would reconvene to finalize remaining appropriation choices and to reconcile any changes that personnel committee reviews produce.
