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Van Zandt County sheriff outlines staffing, vehicle and jail maintenance requests in budget workshop
Summary
The Van Zandt County sheriff told commissioners during a budget workshop that his office is nearly fully staffed, requested select salary adjustments and asked for equipment and maintenance funding for the jail; commissioners and staff discussed fuel savings, vehicle replacements and a proposed full‑time maintenance position for the jail.
Sheriff (name not provided) told the Van Zandt County Commissioners Court at a budget workshop that his department is close to full staffing, asked for a $2,100 salary increase for a case coordinator and outlined additional equipment and maintenance needs for patrol and the county jail.
The sheriff said dispatch is fully staffed, the jail has one open position with an applicant expected to start soon, and patrol currently has two openings. He said the department had five deputies on patrol during the day shift the day of the workshop and outlined training schedules to reduce downtime for recruits.
The sheriff described one specific personnel change: “the only thing that I added was on the salary side, was to bring our case coordinator salary up to the other office ladies, which is $2,100 more,” and said the increase will raise payroll‑related costs…
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