PLYMOUTH — During budget hearings for the coming year, Marshall County Sheriff Matt Hassel approached the County Council to keep in his proposed raise for his officers in the coming year.
The County Council previously advised Department heads to include a 3 percent raise across the board for county employees; Hassel would like to see his department get slightly more, citing the type of work they do.
Hassel told the Council that he felt his department’s pay scale should be compared with that of other police and sheriff’s departments, rather than with other Marshall County employees. Hassel pointed out that he was in competition with other law enforcement departments to retain his officers, especially those in the county, as his officers would not have to relocate to take a different job.
Council President Tim Harmon said the Council would discuss the matter before final adoption of the budget.
Final reading on the county budget will take place at the Council meeting on Monday, Oct. 13.
