Sheriff McNeill spearheads state-funded salary increases for officers

Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. Governor Ron DeSantis not long ago signed legislation from the last legislative session that significantly increases the base salaries of sheriffs’ deputies and correctional officers in 29 of the state’s fiscally constrained counties. Among the several counties in the region to benefit from the $15,047,787 put in the state budget as recurring funding, and the annual amount that each will receive, are Dixie, $525,000; Hamilton, $206,500; Lafayette, $296