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Council reviews sheriff pay matrix, corrects a base-salary error
Summary
Council and staff explained matrix-based, step-driven pay adjustments for deputy positions, noting a corrected base-salary entry and that some increases reflect multi-year 'catch-up' steps rather than single-year spikes.
Council members and budget staff reviewed the sheriff's pay matrix and identified several 'catch up' increases that reflect matrix-based progression after years of service. Staff said the matrix drives year-two and year-three adjustments and that one apparent decrease on paper was a data error now corrected.
"We had a deputy that left last year, so they moved up on the pay scale," a staff member said while explaining how bases were recalculated. Council members noted a 3.83% increase on one line and asked staff to confirm the base for the 14th deputy; staff confirmed the corrected base is $51,576 in the current pay schedule.
The council approved the related pages of the sheriff and jail budgets after staff clarified the matrix entries. Members asked staff to continue correcting any remaining data issues before final adoption.
