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Friday, February 25, 2011
Ind. Gov't. - "Union County Attorney: 'Sheriff must live in county'"
Some quotes from an interesting story in the Union County Liberty Herald, reported by Bev Woodruff:
Last Thursday, during the Union County Council meeting, county attorney Jim Williams had news for Union County Sheriff Eric Cantrell; that Cantrell probably didn’t expect to hear.Williams answered the question of whether Cantrell could be granted a raise this year. The answer was a definitive no. Williams also told Cantrell the county council could petition to have him removed from office because he does not reside in Union County.
Williams explained the state statute that addresses a county sheriff’s pay. The statute says the sheriff’s salary “may” be half the prosecutor’s salary. He further explained the fact that language states “may” means it is discretionary, not mandatory. Williams said if the legislature intended it to be mandatory the wording would have been “shall,” not “may.”
“I want you and every other sheriff after you to get out of your heads it is mandatory to be paid half the prosecutors salary, it's not,” Williams told Cantrell. “This whole notion it’s mandatory is simply not true.”
Posted by Marcia Oddi on February 25, 2011 09:43 AM
Posted to Indiana Government