Constable Easley told commissioners that his office’s civil process and enforcement workload has increased and asked the court to consider funding a deputy position or an annual line item to pay reserve deputies for coverage.

Easley said his office has served 144 eviction citations and 37 repossessions so far this year and presented a call log showing 415 dispatch calls year-to-date, which he characterized as ‘‘2.7 calls a day’’ (on a five-day work-week basis). He told commissioners his fees account shows about $226,700 in revenue to date from civil-process fees. “It’s not something you get away from,” Easley said of the workload; “it might not be every day, all day, but it’s every day.”

The constable asked for a deputy position to be assigned to his precinct and said the position could be shared or rotated to support other precincts, noting that constables already help each other when needed. He proposed an alternative approach — a modest annual budget allotment to pay reserve or part‑time deputies (off‑duty officers or reserves) to provide coverage but not trigger full-time benefits; he gave a rough illustrative figure of about $56,000 per year as a possible funding level for part-time coverage, to be used to pay deputies at market off‑duty rates.

Records and dispatch integration: Easley said constables lack a modern case-management system and currently rely on hand-written logs and dispatch notes; he described an audit where he had to reconstruct service records from notebooks. County staff present said the sheriff’s office is implementing a ProPhoenix records/dispatch package and that the purchase includes modules for constables as separate jurisdictions; rollout for the sheriff was discussed for an October go‑live, and constables said they have not yet received details or training schedules.

Why it matters: The constable argued that better record systems would improve accountability and that a funded deputy or reserve pool would help the office handle evictions, repossessions and civil process without service delays. He said civil-process work can generate fee revenue that offsets some costs but that unpredictability and heavy demand justify stable staffing.

Discussion vs. decisions: Commissioners acknowledged the workload and noted that new FTE requests must follow county processes; staff said no new FTEs were built into the current draft budget and that new full-time positions are treated via a separate form and approval path. No formal action was taken; commissioners asked staff to consider the request during budget deliberations and to follow up on the ProPhoenix timeline.

Ending: Commissioners said they would continue budget deliberations and that the constable’s staffing and records requests would be considered as part of the ongoing budget workshop.