Board of Supervisors Approve Hiring & Retention Bonuses for Glenn County Correctional Officers

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

April 30, 2024 
 

During a Special Meeting held on Tuesday April 30, 2024, the Glenn County Board of Supervisors voted to approve a Memorandum of Understanding between the County and the Glenn County Peace Officers Association. The terms of the agreement include:

• Welfare Fraud Investigators will receive a 12 percent increase the first year and 5 percent the second year.

• All other members of the Peace Officers Association will have their base salaries increased to 90 percent of the average salary of the same position in comparator counties, along with a 5 percent increase the first year and 5 percent increase the second year.

The Board also agreed to hiring and retention bonuses for Correctional Officers:

• Newly hired Sheriff's Correctional Deputies will receive $5,000 upon successful completion of the County Field Training Program and another $5,000 following completion of probationary period (one year).

• For those Sheriff's Correctional Deputes, who are lateral hires, brought on between May 1, 2024 and September 30, 2025, who have at least one year experience as a Correctional Deputy shall be paid an incentive bonus of $30,000 spread over two years.

• Employees who are currently working as Sheriff's Correctional Deputy, Sheriff's Correctional Sergeant, and Sheriff's Correctional Corporal as of April 30, 2024, will receive a $30,000 retention bonus spread over two years.

These raises and temporary bonuses will assist the County in meeting their hiring and retention goals for the Glenn County Jail.