Atascosa County approves multiple personnel actions across sheriff's office, public defender, HR and auditor

Atascosa County Commissioners Court approved multiple personnel actions during the Nov. 10, 2025 meeting, covering the sheriff’s office, the public defender’s office, human resources and the county auditor’s office.

Key approvals included: hiring Nayeli Perez and Diego Valdez as corrections officers (tier 3, $23.44/hour, 86 hours fluctuating, $120 monthly uniform allowance, SB22 eligible, 90‑day county probation and one‑year agency probation); promotion of Chang Wang to deputy sheriff tier 1 at $28.62/hour; promotion of Fernanda Gonzalez to corrections officer tier 2 at $24.36/hour; public defender Stephanie Brown recommended a pay-rate change for Sandra Woodall to $20.67/hour (start date 11/10/2025); HR approved Tabitha Stewart as Chief HR Payroll Clerk at $27/hour; and the county auditor moved Stephanie Caron to assistant auditor at approximately $21.1875/hour. Motions for these personnel items were routinely moved and seconded by commissioners and recorded in the minutes as carried.

Sheriff Guerra also notified the court of a personnel situation that occurred over the weekend that ‘‘might draw some publicity’’; he said he would brief the court as appropriate. Where the transcript recorded budget-area numbers or small calculation errors, staff and the sheriff clarified corrected budget-line references on the record. Several hires were contingent on physical and drug testing completion, which was noted in the minutes.