Montgomery County commissioners approve living adjustment pay raises for elected officials
From Conroe Courier By Brandon K. Scott | Posted: Wednesday, August 26, 2015 9:54 pm
Montgomery County commissioners approved a three percent cost of living pay raise for all of the county’s 22 elected officials, a stark contrast from the nine to 10 percent increase for the county judge and commissioners that had been proposed earlier this month.
The top elected officials received a three percent salary increase for 2015 and increases ranging from 4.8 percent to 5.9 percent in 2014.
An earlier proposal would have awarded officials pay increases of more than 22 percent since 2010, county records show.
Instead, the court pulled back on the proposal Aug. 14, with County Judge Craig Doyal citing concerns from constituents countywide about elected official pay raises.
From 2010 to 2011, each commissioner, justice of the peace and constable received a four percent salary increase, while the county judge received a 3.9 percent increase.
The following year, there were no pay increases for the top elected officials aside from a nearly $500 increase for the Precinct 1 constable.
In 2013, there was a three percent raise across the board, according to county records. In 2014, the Precinct 5 constable received a 5.9 percent salary increase; commissioners for precincts 2, 3 and 4 received 5.7 percent increases; the Precinct 1 commissioner, all JPs and the other four constables received 5 percent pay increases, the records show.
Raises in 2015 for the top elected officials was three percent, except for the county judge (3.4 percent) and Precinct 1 justice of the peace).
