[HISTORY: Adopted by the County Council of
Talbot County 1961, c. 672; amended 1976, ch. 228; 1977, ch. 535.
Subsequent amendments noted where applicable.]
[Added 7-24-2001 by Bill No. 837]
The Sheriff shall submit to the County Council
annual budget requests to fund operation of the Talbot County Sheriff's
Department. The budget requests shall be in a form acceptable to the
County Manager and the Council, shall contain such supporting or additional
information as may be requested, and shall be submitted on the timetable
required of department heads of County government. All funding for
operation of the Sheriff's Department shall be retained under the
direct control of the Finance Officer, who shall be responsible for
disbursement of same.
[Amended 7-24-2001 by Bill No. 837]
All fees and charges in civil and criminal cases
to which the Sheriff is entitled by law shall be collected for and
paid to the Finance Officer. Fees collected by the Sheriff shall be
remitted to the Finance Officer at least monthly, together with an
itemized account of all such fees in a form acceptable to the Finance
Officer, indicating their source and amount and such other information
as may be required. In addition, the Finance Office shall collect
and receive all funds which represent payments due or owing to the
Sheriff's Department from the Clerk of the Circuit Court for Talbot
County and from the Clerk of the District Court of Maryland for Talbot
County in accordance with any administrative or accounting requirements
established by the respective courts. In the absence of any such administrative
or accounting requirements, these fees shall be remitted monthly.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former Section 16-2, Account
of expenses, which immediately followed this section, was repealed
7-24-2001 by Bill No. 837.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
The County Council of Talbot County shall provide
the Sheriff and his deputies with an office and furnish heat, light,
telephones, books, stationery, computers, files, postage stamps and
all other supplies and equipment necessary for the office. The County
Council shall provide the Sheriff with necessary transportation and
may purchase, maintain and insure a vehicle or vehicles and equipment
and automotive communication equipment to serve those purposes. Prior
approval of the County Council must be granted before the purchase
of any such automobile or office equipment, and the vehicles shall
not leave the County except on official business.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Original Sections 16-4, Maintenance
of jail, and 16-5, Living quarters for Sheriff, which immediately
followed this section, were repealed by 1-13-1987 by Bill No. 302.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
The County Council of Talbot County shall make
provision by appropriation in its annual levy from year to year for
sufficient funds to pay the salaries and expenses hereinbefore provided
for and may reimburse the Sheriff for actual expenses paid out in
the course of his official duties and necessarily expended where circumstances
did not warrant the obtention of prior approval from the County Council.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Sec. 3, ch. 672 of 1961, provided
that the Act "shall not be construed to extend or apply to the Sheriff
of Talbot County in office on the effective date of this Act, but
shall take effect with the next term of office."
[Amended 3-14-1978 by Bill No. 98; 7-11-2000 by Bill No. 767; 9-19-2006 by Bill No.
1003; 11-13-2012 by Bill No. 1228; 4-24-2018 by Bill No. 1385; 9-14-2021 by Bill No. 1492]
The salary of the Sheriff of Talbot County shall be established
at the beginning of each term at the starting rate of $115,000 annually,
to include any cumulative cost-of-living and/or step salary increases
that the governing body of Talbot County may grant to County employees.
Upon reelection of an incumbent, their then-existing salary shall
not rebase to the starting rate. Once established, the salary of the
Sheriff shall not be increased, except for cumulative cost-of-living
and/or step salary adjustments, or decreased, during the remainder
of the four-year term of office.
[Added 9-19-2006 by Bill No. 1003; amended 9-14-2021 by Bill No. 1492]
In accordance with Article III, Section 35,
of the Maryland Constitution, any increase or decrease in compensation
is to become effective for the Sheriff’s term beginning in or
after the year 2022.
