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Commissioners approve sheriff—s pay changes and funding for 25 jail positions using fund balance
Summary
The board approved a $25,000 shift-differential payment and a $2,186,721.83 budget amendment to fund 25 additional detention positions, to be paid from county fund balance; sheriff said recruitment improvements and facility needs motivated the request.
The Walton County Board of Commissioners approved two budget requests from the sheriff—s office: a $25,000 allocation for a night shift differential and a $2,186,721.83 budget amendment to fund 25 additional detention officers, uniforms and equipment. Both votes passed unanimously. Sheriff (unnamed in the transcript) told the board he inherited a large number of vacancies when he took office and said raising pay and adding positions were central to recruitment. The sheriff said he faced "a total of 143 vacancies" on day one and that the…
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