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Sheriff asks and commissioners approve a 1-point pay adjustment for detectives
Summary
Sheriff Short asked the board to raise detective pay from 88% to 89% to match sergeant pay after an oversight in a 2023 adjustment; commissioners approved the change by voice vote and the sheriff said the budget can absorb the increase.
Sheriff Short presented a pay-scale correction for county detectives at the Aug. 20 meeting, saying detectives had been left a percentage point behind sergeants after a 2023 pay adjustment.
"All I'm proposing is to increase the detective percentage from 88% to 89% to make it equal with the patrol sergeants," the sheriff said. Commissioners moved and seconded the proposal, opened the item for public comment (none), and approved the increase by voice vote. The sheriff told the board the current budget can absorb the change and that payroll scales would be corrected.
Next steps: the sheriff's office will finalize the pay-scale paperwork and the county will update payroll records.
