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Sheriff Whitehead presents annual report; commissioners set 3% COLA and discuss CIP
Summary
Sheriff Whitehead summarized the department’s year‑to‑date operations and programs; during the budget workshop the board discussed the capital improvement plan, mosquito control funding and agreed to a 3% cost‑of‑living adjustment for employees.
Sheriff Whitehead presented an annual report to the commission, outlining patrol, investigations, communications, corrections, and community programs and providing a summary of operational statistics and department initiatives.
The sheriff highlighted the agency’s breadth of services — patrol, 911 communications, corrections, investigations, animal services and school safety — and the department’s caseloads: thousands of calls, hundreds of written offense reports (including burglaries, thefts, frauds and assaults), dozens of DUI arrests, and dozens of death investigations. He described training, school protection deputies, corrections programming (educational and reentry certificates), and inmate medical insurance processes that reduced external medical costs.
During the later budget workshop session county staff presented an updated capital improvement plan (CIP), and staff asked the board whether it wanted to set aside funding for courthouse Americans with Disabilities Act upgrades. Commissioners gave consensus to place the CIP on the next regular‑meeting agenda for formal approval and to consider design and construction budgeting for courthouse ADA work over the coming years.
The mosquito control manager reported the district received roughly double the state funding for the coming season and plans to increase spraying and larvicide work; staff said they will coordinate larval surveillance with the University of Florida and will use district funds when appropriate for equipment that can also support other county needs.
On employee pay, the board discussed several options and agreed by consensus to a 3% cost‑of‑living adjustment across county employees for the coming budget year; staff will model that amount into the proposed budget.
