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Polk County sheriff requests deputies and analyst as FCC rules cut jail telecom revenue
Summary
Sheriff Kevin Schneider and business manager Curtis Peone presented the sheriff's office budget, citing a near‑2% revenue increase, a 4.3% expense rise driven by personnel and jail medical costs, a proposal to add three deputies for Grimes, and a federal FCC rate cap that will sharply reduce jail telecommunications commissions.
Polk County Sheriff Kevin Schneider and Curtis Peone, business manager for the sheriff's office, presented the sheriff's proposed budget and decision packages to the Board of Supervisors, outlining staffing requests, contract changes and operational pressures.
Peone said the sheriff's office expects revenue to rise nearly 2% year‑over‑year while expenses increase about 4.3%, driven largely by personal services and jail medical and food costs. "We're up almost 2% year over year," Peone said, and noted total expenses approach the county's nine‑figure scale for the office.
Peone told the board a pending Federal Communications Commission rule will significantly reduce commissions collected from jail phone and video visitation services. "We average 827,000 call minutes per month...…
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