MONROE - The Green County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved an ordinance Tuesday to keep a sheriff's department jailer position that for three years had been unaccounted for.
The position was created without county approval, and no one really knows how or exactly when it was established, even though it was a budgeted position. Up until Tuesday, the roster allowed for 12 jailers but was budgeted for 13.
The extra position was created sometime in 2010 while then-sheriff Randy Roderick was retiring and Jeff Skatrud was taking his place. The Green County Sheriff's Department had four vacant positions, and somehow five people were hired.
County Clerk Mike Doyle said he and Sheriff Mark Rohloff were looking at old budgets and found that there was never a county ordinance that allowed for 13 jailers.
Doyle said the personnel at the sheriff's department tend to move around from position to position, from dispatch to jail to patrol.
"My office isn't for sure what happened," Doyle said before the board passed the ordinance Tuesday. "But we need to rectify this mistake by passing an ordinance."
The board obliged and created an ordinance to keep things as they are. No extra tax levees will be created since the position has been paid for. It is a full-time, unionized position with all county fringe benefits.
The position was created without county approval, and no one really knows how or exactly when it was established, even though it was a budgeted position. Up until Tuesday, the roster allowed for 12 jailers but was budgeted for 13.
The extra position was created sometime in 2010 while then-sheriff Randy Roderick was retiring and Jeff Skatrud was taking his place. The Green County Sheriff's Department had four vacant positions, and somehow five people were hired.
County Clerk Mike Doyle said he and Sheriff Mark Rohloff were looking at old budgets and found that there was never a county ordinance that allowed for 13 jailers.
Doyle said the personnel at the sheriff's department tend to move around from position to position, from dispatch to jail to patrol.
"My office isn't for sure what happened," Doyle said before the board passed the ordinance Tuesday. "But we need to rectify this mistake by passing an ordinance."
The board obliged and created an ordinance to keep things as they are. No extra tax levees will be created since the position has been paid for. It is a full-time, unionized position with all county fringe benefits.