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Monroe County adds 4 jail guard positions, adds security duty, drops age from 21 to 18

Four new correctional officer positions have been added to the Monroe County jail staff.

B Square file photo. From left: sheriff’s office financial coordinator,Jordon Miller, chief deputy sheriff Phil Parker, and Monroe County sheriff Ruben Marté. (March 26, 2024)

That move came at the regular Tuesday meeting of the Monroe County council on a unanimous vote.

On a separate vote, the council added one duty to the job description for correctional officers.  That duty includes providing security services at the county courthouse.

The council also lowered the age requirement for correctional officers from 21 to 18 years.

Monroe County sheriff Ruben Marté, chief deputy Phil Parker and jail commander Kyle Gibbons were on hand at the council’s meeting to field any questions.

The four new positions are not related to the six other new jail guard positions that the council approved in late March.  The six new positions approved earlier were connected to Monroe County’s plans to design and build a new jail at a still undetermined location. Continue reading “Monroe County adds 4 jail guard positions, adds security duty, drops age from 21 to 18” →

New job for coordinating cleaning of Monroe County jail now has description, on clear path to creation

From left: Elizabeth Sensenstein, Phil Parker, Kyle Gibbons, Jeff Cockerill, Geoff McKim, Peter Iversen.
Monroe County chief deputy sheriff Phil Parker.
From left: Monroe County chief deputy sheriff Phil Parker, Kyle Gibbons, and county attorney Jeff Cockrill.

Now finally settled is the wording of the job description for a new position at Monroe County’s jail, which is supposed to help put the jail into a clean and sanitary condition and keep it that way.

The job description was the topic of a Friday noon meeting of the county council’s personnel administration committee (PAC), which agreed to forward the job description to Waggoner, Irwin, and Sheele, Inc. (WIS)—which is the county’s HR consultant.

WIS will incorporate the job description into the county’s job classification scheme, which determines compensation. The final step in the process will be for the full county council to approve the creation of the position, and its compensation.

That approval could come at the county council’s March 14 meeting. Continue reading “New job for coordinating cleaning of Monroe County jail now has description, on clear path to creation” →

Monroe County’s new job grid gives raises to most, leaves salary sore point for commissioners on Spoonmore’s last day of service

On Tuesday, his last night of service on the county council, Eric Spoonmore called the group’s adoption of a new job classification grid “momentous for Monroe County government.”

The new job grid means an increase in compensation for most county employees.

In his closing remarks, Spoonmore said, “This council has made tremendous progress on how we compensate county employees. And this meeting tonight is perhaps the most striking example of that during my six years as a member of this body.”

Spoonmore added, “For me personally, it’s particularly gratifying to see all this come together at what will be my last meeting.”

Spoonmore resigned from the council effective after Tuesday’s meeting to take over as head of the Greater Bloomington Chamber of Commerce, starting the following day, on Dec. 1.

In their remarks during Tuesday’s meeting, department heads and several county electeds supported the adoption of the grid of job classifications and compensation levels. The grid had been recommended by Waggoner, Irwin, Scheele & Associates (WIS) under a contract with the county worth $98,720.

On Tuesday, voices of dissent, about their own compensation level, came from two of the three county commissioners. Continue reading “Monroe County’s new job grid gives raises to most, leaves salary sore point for commissioners on Spoonmore’s last day of service” →