At a recent meeting, participants discussed a request related to the sheriff's budget to add a deputy position and expressed concerns about how the position would affect overtime costs. "He wants a new deputy," Speaker 2, meeting participant, said during the discussion. "He's got a chief deputy. He's doing something with captains, and he's never replaced this captain position. It doesn't it's not bodies there. It's salary." Speaker 2 also said, "1 deputy is a price tag. Could employee catch an overtime project just by the benefit for that 1, but not if everybody still keeps getting overtime again." The discussion included questioning whether adding a deputy would reduce overtime spending or simply shift costs. Speaker 2 asked, "I'm not sure why we're gonna. It should be pretty Saturday, but why are we gonna transfer it to him?" No motion, vote, or formal action to approve funding for an additional deputy was recorded in the transcript provided. The transcript shows the group moved from other agenda items into the sheriff's budget portion of the meeting; participants noted staffing structure (chief deputy and captain positions) and repeatedly framed the issue in terms of salary versus overtime. Specific dollar amounts for a deputy's salary, the amount of overtime being paid, and any proposed implementation timeline were not specified in the transcript. The discussion did not record direction to staff, a referral for further study, or a decision to add or deny the position within the recorded excerpt.