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Commissioners probe jail maintenance lines after facilities funding shortfall
Summary
Bonner County budget reviewers asked sheriff's staff to reallocate a prior $50,000 facilities shortfall and to clarify which repairs are maintenance versus capital replacements.
During the June 18 budget review, Bonner County commissioners examined multiple jail-related expense lines and flagged a $50,000 facilities funding shortfall that has left jail maintenance accounts in the red.
Finance staff said the county had reduced the facilities budget by $50,000 earlier in the current fiscal year but the mirror allocation to the justice/general facilities fund was not posted as intended; as a result the justice facilities account is negative and the sheriff's office has been covering repairs by shifting charges among…
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