Ohio County court approves salary orders for officers and appoints seasonal golf manager

The county court approved multiple salary orders for elected and appointed officers and confirmed a personnel appointment during its February meeting.

The presiding official presented committee recommendations on salary-setting for several offices. The court approved the clerk’s and sheriff’s annual salary orders for the calendar year, a set of magistrate CPI adjustments, and a proposed raise for the jailer to approximately $90,000 effective Jan. 1, 2027; the minutes reflect the jailer’s prior pay as roughly $83,000–$84,000. The court recorded motions and a roll-call vote to adopt the recommendations.

The court also approved one personnel appointment. The court listed Adam Daugherty for hire as seasonal golf course manager, Level 1, at a rate of $20.27 per hour, effective Feb. 8, 2026. The appointment was taken by roll call; the members recorded in the roll call each voted to approve the appointment.

The presiding official praised county employees for storm response efforts and thanked public-works staff for handling an unexpected ice event during the meeting.

What happens next: These salary orders are administrative actions the court must document and file per the county’s calendar-year processes; the newly approved appointment will take effect on the stated date.

Quotes:
"They worked hard. There's nothing wrong with any of our procedures," the presiding official said while acknowledging staff who responded to recent weather-related issues.

Provenance: Topic discussion and vote appear in the meeting minutes and roll-call sequence beginning with the committee report and salary discussion, and the personnel appointment recorded after the closed-session return.

Speakers (as listed in the record): Presiding Official (first on record SEG 001), Michael (appeared in motions and votes, first named SEG 104), Justin (appeared in multiple exchanges, first on record SEG 229), and the roll-call members called during votes.