On July 14 the Callahan County Sheriff’s Office reported overtime and staffing shortages to the commissioners and provided an inventory of inmates housed locally and by contract.

A deputy (Chad, identified in the record) reported payroll-period overtime: for the pay period ending June 18, dispatch logged 33.75 hours of overtime and deputies logged 14 hours; for the pay period ending July 2, dispatch had 16 overtime hours and deputies had nine. The office is “still 1 short” of deputies and one dispatch employee recently left after a brief tenure; a candidate is undergoing background screening, the deputy said. “If we’re lucky, then he’s already decided to step out,” the deputy said regarding a prior employee.

The jail population reported was 18 inmates distributed as: 5 males in Callahan County, 9 males in Conway County, and 2 males and 2 females in Tullah County. The deputy explained court schedules require bringing inmates into the county for hearings, which can require moving others out temporarily to free beds.

Ending: Commissioners accepted the sheriff’s report; staff and the sheriff’s office will continue background processing of candidates and manage bed space through intercounty arrangements for court dates.