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Commissioners approve sheriff's office budget amendments for overtime and equipment
Summary
The board approved several sheriff's office budget amendments moving funds for emergency reserves, corrections overtime, law enforcement overtime and equipment purchases including K‑9 needs.
The Commissioners of St. Mary's County approved multiple sheriff's office budget amendments on April 19 shifting funds within FY2016 to cover projected overtime and to purchase equipment requested for FY2017.
Erin Shoemaker, fiscal manager for the sheriff's office, told the board a $434,524 funding return will be deposited to the commissioners' emergency reserve (ABC reserve) for FY2016. Shoemaker also presented two personal‑service realignments to cover projected overtime: $125,000 for the adult detention center and $400,000 for law enforcement overtime, which Shoemaker said would raise the law enforcement overtime projection to about $1.2 million for the fiscal year once amendments are posted. The commission approved both amendments by voice vote; individual roll‑call tallies were not recorded in the public transcript.
Separately, commissioners approved three nonrecurring equipment transfers totaling $434,313 to buy new and replacement equipment for the law enforcement, corrections and K‑9 divisions. Shoemaker said the equipment was requested as part of the FY2017 budget but will be purchased in FY2016.
The motions were recorded as approved by the board; the transcript shows voice votes and the chair stating “Ayes have it.” No individual vote counts or member roll calls were published during the meeting.
Ending: Commissioners asked staff to continue work on payroll coding changes that Shoemaker said will help track overtime and related personnel costs in FY2017.
