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Kerr County sheriff seeks to use Senate Bill 22 money for jail equipment, staff and medical costs
Summary
Sheriff Larry asked commissioners to spend portions of Senate Bill 22 funds on equipment, staffing changes and jail medical costs, including a request to buy a body scanner and to reclassify and add positions; he said some requests would be covered by non‑tax revenues such as out‑of‑county housing and seized funds.
Sheriff Larry, speaking to the Kerr County Commissioners Court during a budget workshop, asked the court to let him use Senate Bill 22 funds and other non‑tax revenues to cover law enforcement equipment, jail staffing and medical costs. He said he is "basically asking $270,000" from the Senate Bill 22 allocation and proposed several other draws on non‑tax funds.
The sheriff put several specific items before the court, saying he wanted to buy an in‑jail body scanner and replace in‑car computers. On the scanner he said: "Body scanner is hardly $85,000."
Why it matters: the sheriff argued the county’s jail population and medical needs are rising and that contracted medical services are increasing. "This is a lot of money to me, $264,000," he said when describing the projected rise in the…
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