County salary panel approves 2.33 percent hike for officials

A 2.33 percent wage increase for county elected officials was approved May 13 by the county salary commission.

The new salaries, adjusted for cost of living, will begin in 2015. The salaries will be for commissioners, $65,784; assessor, auditor, clerk and treasurer, $65,820; sheriff, $84,420; coroner, $68,016. Nearly half of the prosecutor’s salary is paid by the state with the county’s share at $53,460.

Salaries for county judges are set by the state legislature.

According to salary commission chairman Darren Jones, the commission assigns raises according to a method adopted when the commissi...