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Sheriff seeks 7% market adjustment as part of $119.4 million request; board approves budget 4‑1
Summary
Sheriff presented an $119.4 million FY‑26 budget request, citing a 7% market adjustment to address vacancies and recruitment against higher pay in neighboring jurisdictions; commissioners approved the sheriff's tentative budget 4‑1 with Commissioner Vargas dissenting.
Sheriff (surname in transcript: Foodensy) asked the Board of County Commissioners on July 21 to approve a fiscal‑year 2026 budget request of $119,388,205, an 8.84 percent increase staff said was driven by mandatory cost increases and employee market adjustments.
The sheriff said the department faces about 66 vacant funded positions — more than 10 percent of the department's complement — and argued a 7 percent market adjustment is necessary to recruit and retain deputies and corrections staff. He described competing pay…
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