Staff says FCC ruling created $1.7 million sheriff's shortfall; commissioners consider using general fund
Budget staff told the board that an FCC ruling ended inmate telephone commission revenue, creating roughly a $1.7 million gap that had been offset in the past; commissioners discussed covering the loss rather than cutting sheriff positions.
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Pete, presenting the sheriff's budget impact, told commissioners that a Federal Communications Commission decision eliminated inmate telephone commission revenue and that the lost funds had previously offset staffing costs. "Federal Communications Commission ruling eliminating inmate telephone commission revenue, requiring general fund support for the inmate welfare fund positions," Pete said, and commissioners used that explanation as the basis for discussing general-fund support.
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