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Sheriff asks to unfreeze one position and add two deputies; dispatchers’ state pay change not included in current draft
Summary
The sheriff asked supervisors to unfreeze one position and add two deputy positions (three personnel changes once a retirement is accounted for), requested vehicle replacements and noted the state’s 6% dispatcher increase was not factored into the figures staff presented.
The sheriff and sheriff’s staff presented their FY26 request during the budget workshop, focusing on personnel and vehicles. The sheriff said the department is seeking to unfreeze one previously frozen position and to add two additional deputy positions; together with a pending retirement, that would increase the department’s authorized patrol staffing to about 30 officers if approved.
“The 3% was figured into these figures that that you have there.…
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