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Public-safety budget review highlights staffing counts, variable costs and rising work-comp exposure
Summary
Commissioners reviewed sheriff’s office line items including staffing counts, variable costs (towing, autopsies, Cellebrite/software), training, uniform allowances and elevated work-comp mod that commissioners said could drive up premiums.
Ravalli County commissioners spent a large portion of their June 23 preliminary budget review on public-safety spending, discussing sworn staffing counts, variable operational costs and an elevated workers’-compensation modifier that commissioners said is inflating premiums.
Commissioners and finance staff worked through multiple line items for the sheriff’s office and detention: equipment and vehicle repairs, towing, mortuary/autopsy costs, purchased services (including Cellebrite and magistrate/records software), training and uniform allowances. Staff and commissioners repeatedly noted that several accounts are “variable” in…
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