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Montezuma County discusses $1,000 sheriff petty‑cash checking account and delays fiscal‑constraint resolution
Summary
County commissioners reviewed a proposal to authorize a $1,000 checking account for the sheriff’s office to reimburse unserved‑paper fees and agreed to hold a related resolution that would change the sheriff’s budget liaison to Kendall Allen.
The Montezuma County Board of County Commissioners on Jan. 6 discussed a resolution to authorize a small checking account for the sheriff’s office to reimburse fees and agreed to hold a separate resolution about additional fiscal constraints and a change in the sheriff’s budget liaison until further clarification.
Robert Dobry of the Montezuma County Sheriff’s Office described the account as “basically like a petty cash type checking account” funded from the general fund. “A thou a thousand. It’s funded with $1,000,” Dobry said, describing the account’s initial balance and saying it would be refilled as needed to reimburse fees for papers and other service attempts that could not be completed. Dobry said the county auditor advised this approach so reimbursements would properly hit county books and be paid in a timely manner.
Separately, county staff and members of the sheriff’s command staff asked the commissioners to revise an earlier October resolution to change the designated contact for sheriff’s fiscal matters to Kendall Allen, identified in the meeting as the sheriff’s administrative assistant. Staff said Allen handles budgets daily and that several command staff members — including Tyson and others covering patrol and detective shifts — supported the name change because of limited command resources and upcoming retirements.
Commissioners and sheriff staff agreed to hold the fiscal‑constraint resolution at the workshop so staff could clarify the change and avoid repeating what they described as last year’s disruptive personnel‑assignment adjustments. One county official recommended holding the resolution “for now,” and the board directed staff to bring clarified paperwork back to a future meeting rather than taking final action at the workshop.
No formal vote on either the new checking‑account resolution or the fiscal‑constraint/contact‑change resolution was recorded at the workshop; staff indicated the bank‑account item would be acted on at the board’s next meeting.
