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Coroner asks commissioners for $2,000 to keep extra deputy for 24‑hour coverage
Summary
Coroner representative Ron Hedgecoke requested the Commission amend the coroner budget by $2,000 to retain an additional deputy coroner to maintain 24‑hour coverage; he said deputies receive only $25 per pay period and noted training costs.
At the county's Dec. 22 work session, Ron Hedgecoke told the Commission the coroner's office needs an additional funded deputy coroner to achieve 24-hour coverage and that the county should amend the coroner budget by $2,000 to retain that position.
Hedgecoke said the role is lightly paid — "a deputy coroner only gets paid $25.00 a pay period" — and that deputies must attend annual training. County Manager Thomas Weaver confirmed reimbursements and recent expense paperwork had been processed and said the commission would consider the budget amendment but would not answer immediately during the work session.
Commissioners did not vote on the requested appropriation at the meeting; they asked staff to return with any necessary budget amendments or additional information to present at a future meeting.
