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Pay & Benefits

Vacation:

• 0 – 5 years: 10 days annual leave accrued yearly
• 6 – 15 years: 15 days annual leave accrued yearly
• 16 -20 years: 20 days annual leave accrued yearly
• 21 + years: 23 days annual leave accrued yearly

Sick Leave:

Sick leave is earned at the rate of one day per month for a total of twelve days.

Holidays:

The Board of Commissioners designated the following days as paid holidays for employees of the County:

• New Year’s Day
• Martin Luther King Jr.’s Birthday
• Memorial Day
• Independence Day
• Labor Day
  Thanksgiving Following Friday after Thanksgiving
• Christmas Day Day before or after Christmas Day

Up to two (2) additional floating holidays may be designated annually based upon recommendation of the County Manager and Board approval.

Retirement Plan:

The County offers a defined benefit retirement plan to all full-time employees. Each employee is required to participate and must contribute a minimum of 6% of their bi-weekly salary. The County contributes 8.8% of the employee’s salary bi-weekly. Any contributions over 6% by an employee will go to a 457 account. Employees are fully vested after five years of employment.

Public Safety Employees (sworn police officers who are certified by POST) are eligible to retire at the age of 55. All other employees are eligible to retire at the age of 60.