New Pay Scales Adopted for County General Employees and Sheriff’s Department Staff

February 27, 2018
By: Dwayne Page

The county commission adopted pay raises for county general employees during Monday night’s meeting according to new 13 tier wage scales. Sheriff’s department staff will get pay raises under a new six tier scale. The pay raises are retroactive to January 1, 2018.

Under the plan, employees of the offices of County Mayor, Trustee, Register of Deeds, County Clerk, Assessor of Property, Circuit Court Clerk, and Clerk and Master will get step raises at a percentage of $68,682 per year, which is what all these public officials earn except for the county mayor. However, unlike the previous wage scale, the employees of the county mayor’s office will not be paid at a percentage of his salary going forward but on the same terms as the other employees with one exception. One employee of the county mayor’s office is already being paid above her tier on the new wage scale but she will not get another raise until she qualifies under the new plan. Also unlike the former wage scale, salaries of all employees will not automatically increase when their employer gets a raise by the state.

Under the former wage scale, employees of these offices were paid at a percentage of $65,221 except for the office of County Mayor whose employees were paid at a percentage of $75,329.

With the new scale, employees of all these offices will be paid at a percentage of $68,682 as follows:

STEP 1: 39% or $26,785:1 year of service
STEP 2: 40% or $27,472:2 years of service
STEP 3: 41% or $28,159:3 years of service
STEP 4: 42% or $28,846:4 years of service
STEP 5: 43% or $29,533: 5 years of service
STEP 6: 44% or $30,220: 6 years of service
STEP 7: 45% or $30,906: 7 years of service
STEP 8: 46% or $31,593: 8 & 9 years of service
STEP 9: 47% or $32,280: 10 & 11 years of service
STEP 10: 48% or $32,967: 12 & 13 years of service
STEP 11: 49% or $33,654: 14 to 16 years of service
STEP 12: 50% or $34,341: 17 to 19 years of service
STEP 13: 51% or $35,027: 20 or more years of service

Meanwhile the Library Director, Election Commission Administrator’s Assistant, and Soil Conservation Secretary will be on the same scale (as noted above) with their salaries being a percentage of $68,682 which is what the Trustee, Register of Deeds, County Clerk, Assessor of Property, Circuit Court Clerk, and Clerk and Master earn.

Full time library employees and the Senior Citizens Director will get a percentage of $68,682 based on the following scale for them:

STEP 1: 31% or $21,291:1 year of service
STEP 2: 32% or $21,978: 2 years of service
STEP 3: 33% or $22,665: 3 years of service
STEP 4: 34% or $23,351: 4 years of service
STEP 5: 35% or $24,038: 5 years of service
STEP 6: 36% or $24,725: 6 years of service
STEP 7: 37% or $25,412: 7 years of service
STEP 8: 38% or $26,099: 8 & 9 years of service
STEP 9: 39% or $26,785: 10 & 11 years of service
STEP 10: 40% or $27,472: 12 & 13 years of service
STEP 11: 41% or $28,159: 14 to 16 years of service
STEP 12: 42% or $28,846: 17 to 19 years of service
Step 13: 43% or $29,533: 20 or more years of service

Sheriff’s department staff will get pay raises under a new six tier scale and be paid at a percentage of the sheriff’s salary of $75,550.

According to the new scale, the step raises for the sheriff’s department is as follows:

Chief Deputy (Performance Tiers)
Yearly Pay:
$50,000
$51,350
$52,736
$54,160

Detectives (86 hours per pay period, 2,236 hours yearly)
FIRST TIER: $18.56- $41,500
SECOND TIER: $19.07- $42,640
THIRD TIER: $19.61- $43,847
FOURTH TIER: $20.07- $44,876
FIFTH TIER: $20.59- $46,039
SIXTH TIER: $21.08- $47,134

Sergeants (86 hours per pay period, 2,236 hours yearly)
FIRST TIER: $18.56- $41,500
SECOND TIER: $18.84- $42,126
THIRD TIER: $19.11- $42,729
FOURTH TIER: $19.37- $43,311
FIFTH TIER: $19.66- $43,959
SIXTH TIER: $19.92- $44,541

Deputies (86 hours per pay period, 2,236 hours yearly)
FIRST TIER: $15.72- $35,149
SECOND TIER: $16.41- $36,692
THIRD TIER: $17.11- $38,257
FOURTH TIER: $17.79- $39,778
FIFTH TIER: $18.50- $41,366
SIXTH TIER: $19.17- $42,864

Correctional Officers (86 hours per pay period, 2,236 hours yearly)
FIRST TIER: $14.95- $33,428
SECOND TIER: $15.47- $34,590
THIRD TIER: $16.00- $35,776
FOURTH TIER: $16.53- $36,961
FIFTH TIER: $17.06- $38,146
SIXTH TIER: $17.58- $39,308

Cooks (86 hours per pay period, 2,236 hours yearly)
FIRST TIER: $13.18- $29,470 (39%)
SECOND TIER: $13.52- $30,230 (40%)
THIRD TIER: $13.85- $30,968 (41%)
FOURTH TIER: $14.19- $31,728 (42%)
FIFTH TIER: $14.53- $32,489 (43%)
SIXTH TIER: $14.87- $33,249 (44%)

February 27, 2018
By: Dwayne Page

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February 26, 2018
By: Dwayne Page

An Alexandria man arrested for breaking into an outbuilding and stealing a chainsaw and hedge trimmers in November appeared for sentencing Friday in DeKalb County Criminal Court.

20 year old Barry Wayne Lewis, Jr. of Liberty Hill Road, Alexandria entered a plea by criminal information to one count of burglary. He was originally charged with burglary, aggravated criminal trespassing, and theft of property under $1,000. Lewis received a three year sentence on TDOC probation subject to judicial diversion. He must make restitution of $30 to the victim and he is under a restraining order to keep away from the victim and his property. He must also make restitution of $100 to Quick Cash Pawn in Lebanon.

Sheriff Patrick Ray said that on Sunday November 26 Lewis broke into an outbuilding on Coon Branch Road and took a Stihl MS 180C chainsaw and a set of hedge trimmers valued at $330.

Lewis illegally came onto the grounds to commit the crimes while being under an active restraining order to keep off the property.

The case was investigated by a detective.

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