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Commissioners press sheriff on repeated funding requests, discuss centralizing vehicle maintenance
Summary
After a request from the sheriff’s office for $32,000 to outfit two vehicles, commissioners debated options to cover the shortfall and discussed a countywide review of fleet maintenance and contracting to reduce recurring off-budget transfers.
The Williams County Board of Commissioners questioned a $32,000 transfer request from the sheriff’s department to outfit two newly purchased vehicles and directed staff to analyze the sheriff’s budget and countywide vehicle-maintenance spending.
Commissioners said the sheriff’s office twice requested money during the first two months of the year and asked whether the department had unspent line items or equipment that could be sold to raise revenue. Staff reported the sheriff had roughly…
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