Pflugerville - Hutto Edition | October 2024

Government

BY GRANT CRAWFORD

Pugerville raises judge’s salary Pugerville’s presiding judge for the municipal court will now be compensated at $45,000 a year, City Council decided at a

County increases pay supplements for district judges, attorney In an eort to balance the upcoming scal year 2024-25 budget with employee retention, the Williamson County Commissioners Court voted to approve pay supplements for each district judge and the district attorney July 30. The overview According to county documents, the proposal includes maintaining the supplement for each district judge at roughly $18,000 per year, which is in line with current district attorney supplement. County Judge Bill Gravell moved to adjust the supplemental gure for District Attorney Shawn Dick to $52,000. His proposal kept the $18,000 gure for district judges. Gravell’s proposal passed by a 3-2 vote. Precinct 2 Commissioner Cynthia Long and Precinct 3

“If we’re going to attract the very best, we have to make sure that our salaries are worthy of them.” BILL GRAVELL, WILLIAMSON COUNTY JUDGE

meeting Aug. 27. How it happened

Commissioner Valerie Covey voted against it. What they’re saying This amendment sparked a debate among the commissioners on whether it is the county’s or state’s responsibility to add funding to the district attorney’s salary. Long and Covey said their goal is to provide Dick a higher salary while avoiding having county taxpayers pay for something they believe the state should. Gravell disagreed, citing concerns about making county salaries attractive to top talent.

All council members approved the salary adjustment for Farren Sheehan, the presid- ing municipal court judge. When she was appointed in 2018, her salary was $38,701, according to city documents. What else? City Council also unanimously approved the appointment of a new associate judge, Kristina Rojas-Stompel. She has previously held positions as an assistant county attor- ney for Williamson County and a prosecutor for the city of Cedar Park.

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