Raises proposed in 2025 county salary ordinance

A third reading of Fulton County's 2025 salary ordinance and a subsequent vote is set for the council's next meeting, 5 p.m. Oct. 15 at the Fulton County Office Building.  

Raises are to come to all Fulton County employees in the new year.

Hourly employees are to receive a raise of $1 per hour, and salaried employees are to receive an equivalent $2,000 pay bump. Commissioners and council members also are to receive an additional $1,000 for their service. 

Council President Ron Dittman noted wages for sheriff's deputies are also to increase, but will vary from others and be more compatible to counties of a similar size and demographics. 

The raises will come with approval of the 2025 Salary Ordinance by the Fulton County Council. The ordinance was introduced earlier this week and received two readings. A third reading and subsequent vote of approval is set for the council next meeting, 5 p.m. Oct. 15 at the Fulton County Office Building.  

Annual salary and hourly rates for 2025 are as follows:

Area Plan Commission – Executive director, $62,197; administrative secretary, $22.30 per hour; clerical assistant, $20.81 per hour; part-time building inspectors, $20 per hour and $31,247, respectively.

Assessor – Elected official, $49,544; first deputies and reassessment deputy, $21.82 per hour; part-time first deputy, $18.52 per hour; certification supplementals from $500 to $2,500.

Auditor – Elected official, $58,032; HR/payroll deputy, $54,437; first deputy, $22.30 per hour; deputies, $20.81 per hour; part-time, $19.27 per hour; settlement supplemental, $2,000; certifications supplemental, $4,000.

Building Maintenance – Maintenance director, $62,713; maintenance engineer, $22.82 per hour; seasonal maintenance technician, $20.75 per hour; jail maintenance engineer, $25.42 per hour.

Circuit Court – Secretary, $21.82 per hour; court reporter, $22.30 per hour; part-time, $18.92 per hour.

Clerk's Office – Elected official, $50,773; first deputies, $21.82 per hour; deputies, $20.81 per hour; part-time, $19.42 per hour; registration of voters, IT election support, election board secretary, $2,000 supplemental each; absentee voter board members, $13 per hour, satellite board members, election judges and election clerks, $110 per day; election inspectors, $130 per day, election board members, $2,000 each.

Commissioners – $29,250 each; $1,900 additional for serving as drainage board members; Citizens Cemetery secretary, $2,000.

Communications – Director, $60,240; assistant director, $26.33 per hour; dispatchers, $22.99 to $23.70 per hour; part-time dispatcher, $19.87 per hour; supplementals for years of service, quality assurance and certification.

Coroner – Elected official, $23,593.

Council – Elected members, $16,550 each.

Emergency Management – Director, $58,656; part-time, $21.37 per hour. 

Extension Office – Office manager, $21.82 per hour; part-time and seasonal secretary, $18.37 per hour.

Health Department – Public health nurse/administrator, $74,437; environmental specialist, $28.99 per hour; food service inspector, $26.05 per hour; vital records registrar, $20.90 per hour; immunization clerk, $20.81 per hour; part-time environmental assistant, $18.27 per hour; part-time nurse/health educator, $24.87 per hour; certification supplemental, $1,872; health board officer, $23,054; health board president, $226 per meeting; health board member, $134 per meeting.

Highway – Superintendent, $69,013; assistant superintendent, $61,078; clerk, $21.90 per hour; laborers, $23.71 per hour; laborers with no CDL, $20.61 per hour; head mechanic, $26.51 per hour; assistant mechanic, $24.77 per hour; seasonal laborers, $19.69 to $21.68 per hour, depending on CDL. 

Information Technology and Maintenance – IT director, $82,000; network administrator, $64,685.

Jail – Matron, $25.27 per hour; jail commander, $26.03 per hour; assistant jail commander, $22.99 per hour; correction officers, $22 per hour; part-time correction officers, $20.25 per hour; jail commander and matron supplemental, $2,000; assistant jail commander supplemental, $1,500; floor supervisor supplemental, $1,000.

Probation – Chief probation officer, $89,219; probation officer, juvenile probation officer and chemical dependency specialist, $77,828 each; probation officer, $67,538; secretaries, $21.49 or $20.81 per hour. 

Prosecutor – Deputy prosecutor, $5,000; IV-D prosecutor, $110,000; investigator, $27.19 per hour; IV-D administrator, $25.54 per hour; IV-D assistant administrator, pretrial administrator and secretary, $22.30 per hour; part-time, $16.52 per hour.

Recorder – Elected official, $49,779; deputy record, $20.81 per hour; part-time, $17.02 per hour.

Sheriff – Elected official, $110,107; animal warden, $22 per hour; civil process server, $19.88 per hour; courthouse security supervisor, $24 per hour; full-time courthouse security, $23 per hour; part-time courthouse security, $22 per hour; deputies and school resource officers, $54,686 to $58,785; detective and sergeant, $62,686 each; part-time deputies, $24 per hour; part-time school resource office, $24 per hour; secretary, $21.02 per hour; merit board members, $100 per month.

Supplementals: Chief deputy and sex offender coordinator, $4,000 each; crime scene, training, detective, assistant detective, K9 handlers, $1,000 each.

Soil and Water Conservation District – Executive director, $23.03 per hour. 

Superior Court – Bailiff, $21.82 per hour; court administrator, $21.32 per hour; court reporter, $22.63 per hour. 

Surveyor – Elected official, $72,146; first deputy, $21.82 per hour; second deputy,$20.81 per hour; drain certification, $2,000 supplemental. 

Treasurer – Elected official, $51,026; first deputy, $21.82 per hour; part-time deputies, $16.42 to $17.05 per hour.

Veteran Services – Service Officer, $37,734; van drivers, $17 per hour.