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Sheriff seeks nearly 10% budget increase; overtime, federal inmate revenue and village contracts draw heavy scrutiny
Summary
Sheriff presented a 2026 budget proposal with a near 9.8% increase driven by personnel, medical-provider costs, and contracted services. Supervisors probed assumptions about overtime, federal inmate housing revenue and policing contracts with villages; the board approved the budget.
Sheriff presented the 2026 budget, which totals roughly $43.5 million and reflects a 9.8% increase from the 2025 adopted budget. Department leadership said personnel costs (including negotiated tentative agreement rates), increased medical-provider costs for correctional health care, and additions such as an officer wellness program drive much of the increase.
Sheriff said year-to-date outside invoices for legal or contract services were manageable, noted a recent FBI task-force drug operation in which county officers participated, and announced the imminent retirement of Captain Clint…
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