(a) The following elected officials shall be excluded from the County's pay and classification plan: auditor, clerk of court, coroner, probate judge, sheriff, and treasurer.
(b) The salary of the auditor, clerk of court, coroner, sheriff, and treasurer shall be determined through the County’s budget process, and does not include any supplemental appropriations from the state of South Carolina or from any other source.
(c) Each year elected officials listed in (b) above shall receive a pay increase commensurate with the percentage increase of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) over the previous year, which number is distributed to the County from the State Department of Revenue through the South Carolina Association of Counties for budgetary purposes, but not to exceed 4% for that year; provided, however, elected officials' salaries shall be reviewed at the same time that other County positions are reviewed for market comparisons, but in no event longer than three years. If it is determined that an elected official's salary is higher than others surveyed in similar sized counties, the elected official shall not receive a CPI pay increase for the first year following such review. Pay increases, when applicable, shall take effect starting with the first pay period in July.
(d) Upon re-election, the elected officials listed in (a) above, shall receive a 5% pay increase, which shall take effect at the beginning of the new term of office.
(e) A newly elected official, or an individual appointed to fill an existing term of office, shall receive the salary of the previous incumbent, but shall not receive the 5% pay increase that re-elected officials receive.
(Ord. No. 1261-85, § I, 1-8-85; Ord. No. 080-00HR, § I, 12-19-00; Ord. No. 057-05HR, § I, 9-6-05; Ord. No. 028-07HR, § I, 3-20-07)