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Sheriff outlines 3‑year IT replacement plan, seeks targeted staffing and benefits changes
Summary
Vigo County Sheriff presented a multi‑year IT/hardware replacement plan, requested pay adjustments for operations staff and building security, proposed policy changes to sick‑day payouts, and sought a part‑time offender‑registry position and modest increases for training and vehicle repairs.
The Vigo County sheriff and his staff presented a detailed budget for 2026 that includes a three‑year information‑technology replacement plan and multiple personnel and program requests. Jeff Fox, identified as the sheriff's IT operations manager, presented a color‑coded spreadsheet showing planned hardware and software replacements tied to a five‑year lifecycle for jail and public‑safety equipment and urged a proactive replacement schedule to avoid large one‑time costs.
The sheriff told the committee the office is not seeking a large across‑the‑board raise for deputies in 2026 but proposed raising three operations staff positions (IT/operations personnel) to a…
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