The supervisors declined to adjust the salary of a court clerk who took a voluntary demotion as part of a redistricting of the Justice Courts. Previously, the supervisors agreed to reduce the courts from eight to six, necessitating the redistribution of staff.

Human Resources Manager Patrick Camunez told the board employees were placed in new offices based on a combination of factors, including their seniority and their willingness to travel to a different office. The judicial office supervisor in Oracle was offered a position in San Tan Valley, 75 miles away. Camunez said the woman voluntarily took a demotion to court clerk in order to work at the court closest to her home. With a voluntary demotion comes an automatic decrease in pay to be in line with the job which the person actually does.

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