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Countywide elected compensation - offered by Commissioner Goettel
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WHEREAS, Minnesota Statute 383B.455 provides that "in the county of Hennepin the county attorney... and sheriff shall receive as compensation... annual salaries as shall be determined by the Board of County Commissioners of Hennepin County"; and
WHEREAS, the Hennepin County Attorney and Sheriff are the chief policymakers and executive leaders for their respective departments; and
WHEREAS, Countywide elected salaries were flat (no increases) in 2022, 2023 and 2024; and
WHEREAS, during those years the County workforce received total salary increases that averaged 5.5% to 6.0% per annum; and
WHEREAS, the County Board has not adjusted the salaries of the County Attorney and Sheriff since 2019, when the County Board approved salaries for 2019, 2020, and 2021; and
WHEREAS, in 2015, Resolution 15-0067, the County Board approved a compensation difference between the elected positions of Sheriff and County Attorney; and
WHEREAS, the compensation difference between the Sheriff and the County Attorney is still in effect; and
WHEREAS, the Hennepin County Sheriff is the 2nd lowest paid Sheriff in the Twin Cities Metro Area (Metro) and the Hennepin County Attorney is the lowest paid County Attorney in the Metro, despite serving the largest population; and
WHEREAS, the County Board seeks to make adjustments to the salaries of the countywide elected officials, consistent with the County Board's statutory authority removing compensation differences between the elected positions of Sheriff and County Attorney to keep pay equitable.
Resolution:
BE IT RESOLVED, that effective September 1, 2024, the salary for the Hennepin County Sheriff be adjusted to $195,065, creating parity with the salary of the Hennepin County Attorney; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that effective January 1, 2025, the salary for the Hennepin County Sheriff and for the Hennepin County Attorney ...
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