Jill Schramm/MDN Sheriff Robert Roed, left, listens at left, as Chief Deputy Larry Hubbard and Human Resources Director Nichole Degenstein address the Ward County Commission at its meeting Sept. 24.

The Ward County Sheriff’s Department will have additional salary funds to put toward retaining personnel next year, but the help won’t come until next June.

The Ward County Commission on Wednesday approved half of the $229,952 requested by the department to augment salaries and discourage an exodus of law enforcement officers to the Minot Police Department, which has been aggressively recruiting. The salary adjustments would take place halfway through next year, funded by about $63,000 in savings identified by the Sheriff’s Department in its budget and about $52,000 from additional county tax

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