VACANCIES
STAFF ADDING Municipal court:
COUNTY
SALARY
In January, Comal County will be hiring 37 additional employees to departments in need of more sta ng.
SHERIFF'S PATROL OFFICERS
INCREASES With the 8% increase in pay for county employees, the salaries of the two departments with the most sta ng issues, the sheri ’s department and municipal court, will increase to more competitive rates.
STATE AVERAGE WAGE
According to Comal County Commissioner Kevin Webb, the county had about $5 million in salary savings in 2022 from positions that could not be lled.
$69,770
Facilities maintenance:
COMAL COUNTY WAGE
16
7
$62,283.20*
819
MUNICIPAL COURT STATE AVERAGE WAGE
budgeted positions
Law enforcement:
Elections/tax assessor:
$62,862
11
3
121
COMAL COUNTY WAGE
open positions
$61,834.96*
SOURCES: COMAL COUNTY, U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR AND STATISTICS COMMUNITY IMPACT *INCLUDING JAN. 1, 2023 $5,000 PAY RAISE
now withdrawn those applications. I’m thankful to the judge and commissioners for adopting a wage increase that makes us competitive.” The county’s road department has also had trouble lling 24 open positions. The Criminal District Attor- ney’s O ce has another 10 open positions that have not been lled for months. Webb said he plans to propose the same 8% pay increase in the 2023-24 budget. “The increase, combined with what County Judge Sherman Krause has proposed in the 2023 budget, should put Comal County in place to hire and retain the people needed to get the county’s business done in a way we can be proud of,” Webb said. Krause said he hopes the wage increase allows Comal County to be more competitive in the job mar- ket and encourage applicants. “It wasn’t that long ago when we posted a posi- tion, sometimes we would get over 100 applicants for those positions,” Krause said. “Today, we sometimes
Krause said. “They are working overtime, and they’re working more overtime than they want to.” The county has also funded an additional 37 posi- tions to accommodate growth. The district attorney’s o ce will have 16 of those positions funded in the FY 2022-23 budget to help it catch up to cases that were put on hold earlier in the COVID-19 pandemic. Comal County is not alone in increasing employ- ees’ wages. Travis and Bexar counties increased wages by 5% across the board this year, according to county documents. “We’re thankful that the commissioners con- sidered [increasing pay] this year,” Reynolds said. “I know that had been considered in the past, but they put a lot of work into this year’s budget for the employees, and we’re very appreciative of that.”
post positions and get zero applications.” Investment in employees
A total of 704 county employees received an 8% pay increase in September. The county is budgeting for a total of 855 positions in 2023. Most departments will begin advertising the addi- tional positions in mid-November to allow the inter- view process, with the new positions beginning on January 1, according to the county. An additional $5,000 will be allocated to employee salaries begin- ning Jan. 1. The last time wages increased was by 4% in 2020, according to the county. A common trend of employees leaving county posi- tions has been due to burnout from working manda- tory overtime to make up for the jobs that have not been lled, Krause said. “I read the exit interviews when people leave ... and we’re seeing more and more of those exit interviews that people are leaving because of the workload,”
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