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Commissioners approve SB22 grant applications to support law enforcement pay
Summary
Grey County approved applications for SB22 law enforcement salary-assistance funding, including a sheriff submission for $500,000 to offset pay increases and a district attorney request to apply for the same grant program.
Grey County Commissioners Court on Aug. 12 approved applications to participate in SB22 law enforcement salary-assistance grants for both the sheriff's office and the district attorney's office.
The court approved a request from the district attorney’s office to apply for the SB22 law enforcement salary assistance grant. The item was presented as a request to authorize application; the court approved the motion to allow the district attorney to apply.
Sheriff's Office leaders also asked the court to approve submission of SB22 funding. The sheriff said this is the third year the county is eligible and that the grant amount is $500,000, with 100% of the funds designated for law enforcement pay and that the county supplements the funding. "It's for $500,000 and 100% of those funds go toward law enforcement pay, which is also supplemented by the county," the sheriff said.
During the discussion the sheriff provided staffing details: "We're at 17. We have 9 deputy openings. We have 7 jailer openings, and we have 1 jail nurse opening. So we're actually below 20," the sheriff said when asked about vacancies. The sheriff added there are staff in training and recent graduates from federal training programs; he described a pipeline of employees attending academies with an expected graduation date of Oct. 22 for some trainees.
Both grant application requests were approved by the court on motions that resulted in unanimous voice votes.
Why it matters: SB22 grant funds are explicitly targeted for law enforcement compensation; accepting and applying for the funding is a routine county action that helps offset local payroll costs for sworn officers and detention staff.
Details and limits: The sheriff characterized the $500,000 figure and the staff vacancy numbers in court; commissioners did not change the application requests and approved them to proceed. The meeting record does not show additional conditional language or detailed allocation of funds beyond the sheriff's description.
