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DPS reports more than $794,000 in overtime this fiscal year as committee questions funding source
Summary
DPS officials said they have paid about $794,500 in overtime so far this fiscal year but the governor's revised budget contains no local overtime appropriation; the committee was told local practice has the police overtime charged to department accounts and that external funding rules complicate payment sources.
The Department of Public Safety told the House Ways and Means committee it has recorded roughly $794,500 in overtime for this fiscal year — an amount that exceeds the local overtime request in its budget submission.
Committee members asked how overtime has been paid when the revised budget shows no local overtime appropriation. Director Kay Enos said the department's summary time sheets and internal reporting…
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