District attorney’s office requests three internal promotions; commissioners ask for budget routing and note timing constraints

HUNT COUNTY, Texas — At the July 18 special session an office representative identified as Susan asked the commissioners court to approve three internal promotions in the district attorney’s office to cover duties after the chief criminal deputy transferred in mid‑June.

Why it matters: Internal promotions change payroll and duties within the DA’s office and are part of the county’s personnel decisions to be reflected in the FY2025–26 budget.

Susan said the office already filled the entry‑level vacancy and asked to move one employee into the chief criminal deputy responsibilities, shift another employee into the duties left by that move, and make a third employee the primary court clerk and appeals clerk. Susan told the court she was not asking for additional appropriations beyond the office’s current budget for these moves and said the funds were available.

Susan described the requested pay adjustments in the meeting as follows: she said she would “like to bump [Lindsay] to 52,” proposed “bumping [Crystal] from 49 to 51,” and proposed “bumping [Krista] to 45.” The court asked about timing because raises and promotions typically fall into a June cutoff; Susan said the personnel change occurred around June 15 and asked the court to consider the office request during the current budget process. Commissioners asked for the moves to be entered into the preliminary budget packet so the court can see the total fiscal impact alongside other requests.

No formal action to approve the promotions or salary adjustments occurred at the session. The court noted the office’s assertion that existing funds would cover the raises but instructed staff to include the requested changes in the consolidated preliminary budget for review.