Chief Probation Officer salary

Chief Probation Officer clarified her raise was a decade overdue, noted the department cut its budget 5% and kicked back $500,000, and asked the board to honor its prior commitment.

The retiring chief warned the pay cut on consent violates the county-court MOU's negotiation requirement and said the probation department already met its budget cut — he asked the Board to honor the MOU with his successor.

The incoming chief told the Board a salary survey ranks Amador sixth-lowest for chiefs, the cut saves under $15,000 a year, and her department self-generates about half its budget while returning money to the general fund.

Said the cut to the first female chief probation officer in county history — whose staff share radio channels with deputies and work in daily peril — felt 'pointed' and offensive given the budget was already approved.