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Del Norte supervisors review sheriff and jail budgets as vacancies fall and Measure R requests rise
Summary
Board of Supervisors heard sheriff’s presentation of patrol, dispatch and jail staffing and budget requests including a proposed drug‑task‑force sergeant, Measure R vehicle purchases and boating‑safety equipment; supervisors pressed on vacancy reductions, dispatch shortages and one‑time Measure R items.
The Del Norte County Board of Supervisors continued its special‑session budget workshop with the sheriff’s presentation of the sheriff’s office general fund and jail budgets, staffing levels and requests for Measure R funds.
Sheriff’s staff reported 30 funded positions in the main sheriff budget unit (02:31), with three frozen and one employee on FMLA; patrol and dispatch showed the largest shortfalls. Patrol staffing was presented as two captains, four sergeants and 10 deputies, with two vacancies; the dispatch unit was reported as seven positions with five vacancies (about a 71% vacancy rate). The jail budget (02:43 unit) showed 34 funded positions with one frozen position and one vacancy in the correctional safety staff (roughly 5.6% vacancy). Presenters said recent salary adjustments contributed to reduced vacancy rates compared with…
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