Vigo County sends a deputy prosecutor pay raise — and its public-defender price tag — to the full council
Who it touches
- Vigo County Prosecutor's Office employees
- Vigo County Public Defender's Office
Tracked in the archive
The budget committee discussed a request to raise deputy prosecutors' pay, and a committee member said doing so would also trigger a matching pay increase for public defenders — required, they believed, by a state law linking the two offices' pay.
The deputy-prosecutor raise alone was estimated to add about $100,000; later in the same meeting, committee members put the proposed new deputy prosecutor salary at roughly $90,000.
The auditor's office told the committee it had received a letter from the prosecutor's office saying the office is losing ground on salaries and can't keep the positions filled.
Sources
- Raising deputy prosecutor pay would trigger a matching public-defender increase, 18:380:18:38 (18 minutes 38 seconds)
- Estimated added cost: about $100,000, 18:530:18:53 (18 minutes 53 seconds)
- Reason given: the prosecutor's office can't keep positions filled, 19:110:19:11 (19 minutes 11 seconds)
- Auditor's office relays a letter about losing ground on salaries, 27:550:27:55 (27 minutes 55 seconds)
- Committee refers the decision to the full council, 31:410:31:41 (31 minutes 41 seconds)
- Proposed deputy prosecutor salary put at about $90,000, 2:26:472:26:47 (2 hours 26 minutes 47 seconds)
Outcome
Referred to the full county council; no committee vote taken
Referred to the full county council with no committee vote taken.
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