County officials receive pay increase

The Jefferson County Commission last week approved a three percent salary increase for the county’s elected officials, retroactively effective from July 1 for the coming fiscal year.

At their July 29 meeting, the Commission established a new base salary of $75,367.95 for commissioners, the sheriff/coroner, clerk & recorder, treasurer and district court clerk.

The county attorney’s base is now $144,209.06 — part of which is paid by the state — while the base salary for the superintendent of schools, a part-time position, has been set at $47,104.97.