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Sheriff outlines revenue pressure, higher training costs and rising jail medical and juvenile placement expenses
Summary
At the Jan. 27 budget work session the sheriffs office reported declines in collectable prisoner room-and-board revenue after a law change, an increase in requested training funding, understaffing in dispatch and rising jail medical and juvenile placement costs that are driving higher projected expenditures.
County auditors and sheriff's staff reviewed revenue and expenditure projections on Jan. 27, noting several items putting pressure on the sheriff's budget.
On revenues, staff said prisoner room-and-board collections have fallen because a state law change ended the Clerk of Courts prior practice of collecting room-and-board amounts on the sheriff's behalf. Command staff said collection is now handled by the sheriff's office and recovery is uneven; staff characterized further collection efforts as often expensive and low-yield. The transcript records: “So now it's up to us to collect our own room and board. Some people are very good about paying their room and board, others are not.” The…
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