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Board hears financial impact if Cochise County dissolves jail district; staff: $8.1M request would move to general fund
Summary
County staff told supervisors that dissolving the county jail district would transfer a reported $8.1 million appropriation into the county general fund and count against the expenditure limit. Staff and supervisors discussed staffing, medical and mental‑health costs and the timing and mechanics of any dissolution.
Cochise County supervisors on April 7 discussed staff estimates of the fiscal impact if the county dissolves the jail district, including how district appropriations would transfer into the county general fund and affect the aggregate expenditure limit.
Stacy, the county finance presenter, told the board the jail district’s maintenance‑of‑effort (MOE) calculation for the current year was about $6,700,000 and that the jail requested roughly $1,400,000 in expenditures above that MOE for next year. She summarized the jail district’s full appropriation request at approximately $8,100,000 for the coming fiscal year; staff said that amount would become part…
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