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Commissioners give sheriff $1 million to prioritize staffing and equipment; ranks excluded
Summary
The board asked the sheriff to return a prioritized list for how to spend an additional $1 million in FY2013 funds, excluding rank increases; vehicle replacements previously approved for the sheriff were moved into the sheriff's budget.
St. Mary''s County commissioners told county staff on March 13 to give the sheriff an additional $1,000,000 in the FY2013 draft and to return a unified, prioritized spending list showing how the sheriff would allocate that amount among law-enforcement needs.
Why it matters: the sheriff's office provided a long list of program and staffing requests during the budget process. Commissioners said they do not want to micromanage the office but want a single…
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