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Board agrees to one-time pay boost for sheriff—s captains to ease recruitment pressures
Summary
After a presentation on salary compression, Lancaster County commissioners agreed by consensus to apply a one-time salary increase of about 3.54% for Sheriff—s Office captains as an interim step to improve competitiveness, with longevity pay left unchanged pending union negotiations.
Chief Deputy Ben Houchin and Sara Sump, Business and Operations Manager for the Sheriff—s Office, explained that captain pay had fallen behind sergeants because captains do not receive overtime while sergeants can. The Board discussed multiple options for adjustment and reached consensus to apply a one-time salary increase of approximately 3.54% (based on Option 3), describing the change as temporary pending forthcoming union negotiations.
Commissioners voiced support for addressing compression while rejecting a permanent tie of captain pay to elected officials' salaries. The consensus was framed as a staffing competitiveness step rather than a permanent structural pay change.
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