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Lawrence County approves multiple Sheriff’s Office raises, classifications and a new dispatcher hire
Summary
The County Commission on June 23 approved step raises and classification changes for several sheriff’s office employees and authorized hiring a part-time dispatcher, with pay rates and effective dates recorded in the motion minutes.
The Lawrence County Board of Commissioners voted June 23 to approve a series of personnel actions in the Sheriff’s Office, including step raises, classification changes and a part-time dispatcher hire.
Commissioner Brandon Flanagan moved and Commissioner Timm Comer seconded a package of motions that included a step raise for James Lee to Correctional Officer II G2 at a base rate of $26.86 per hour effective July 12, 2026; a step raise for Alexandra Kolski to the same G2 rate effective June 28, 2026; and a step raise for Kyle Parks to Deputy I G3 at $33.00 per hour effective July 12, 2026. The board also approved classification changes for Daniel Howard to Correctional Officer I G2 at $25.30 per hour and for Andre Steward to Correctional Officer I G1 at $24.80 per hour, both effective June 23, 2026.
The board approved a classification change for Ashley Job to part-time fill-in Correctional Officer II (G3) at $27.41 per hour effective June 19, 2026, and authorized hiring D’Artagnan Witherspoon as a part-time fill-in Dispatcher I (G1) at $24.80 per hour effective June 23, 2026. All personnel motions passed by unanimous vote of members present. "Moved-Seconded (Flanagan-Comer) to approve the new hire for D’Artagnan Witherspoon as a part-time fill in Dispatcher I G1 at a base rate of $24.80 per hour, effective June 23, 2026," the minutes record.
The actions were processed during the board’s regular meeting in the Administrative Annex Building in Deadwood. No public debate or dissent on the personnel matters was recorded in the minutes excerpt.
