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Consultant recommends waiting on pay boost for sheriff’s deputies

By Donnie Burgess

Posted February 21, 2025

Jennifer Crossley of Long-term Finance discusses impact of deputy pay raise. (Courtesy, Microsoft Teams)

A financial consulting group recommends Monroe County wait on increasing sheriff’s deputy salaries.

Sheriff Ruben Marté asked the Monroe County Council in January for a $9,500 flat salary increase for deputies to stay competitive with nearby police agencies. The county’s Long-Term Finance Committee had concerns over the potential revenue impacts from the state’s property tax reform efforts.

“I just don’t want to get into a situation where we give something and then we can’t attain it or sustain it because of what the state is doing to us,” County council president Jennifer Crossley said.

Greg Guerrettaz, president of Financial Solutions Group, said the county shouldn’t commit to a salary increase because of uncertainty over property taxes.

“I don’t think there’s a way to opine on it given we are in the middle of the heat of the battle,” Guerrettaz said.

First year sheriff’s deputies currently make $75,151, which is the approved salary for 2025. The increase would put first year deputies at $84,551.

Officers of similar rank with the IU-Bloomington Police Department are the highest paid at $87,550 a year.

Marté’s proposal also recommends a salary increase for appointed positions within the department based on the sheriff’s own annual salary of $183,513.

The sheriff recommends Captain of Operations and Assistant Jail Commander make 67-percent of his salary, which would be $122,954.

For Chief Deputy and Jail Commander, Marté recommends each position earn 70-percent of his salary. That would be $128,460.