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Belknap County sheriff seeks $35,000 to cover dispatcher holiday pay, cites IT and cruiser cost increases
Summary
The sheriff told commissioners the sheriff's office needs about $35,000 to cover a late-identified dispatcher holiday-pay shortfall and outlined higher software-support costs, a $30,000 SWAT maintenance budget, bulletproof vest replacements and two new upfitted cruisers on a three-year lease cycle.
The Belknap County sheriff told commissioners during a budget review that the sheriff's office needs roughly $35,000 added to the full-time dispatcher line to cover holiday pay and other pay increases, a deficiency the office says was revealed late in last year’s accounting.
The funding request centers on line 51122, which the sheriff said is short because holiday pay for dispatchers was not included in last year’s budget. "Holiday pay that's associated with them working their shifts was not added to last year's budget, which put me automatically in a $30,000 deficit," the sheriff said, and asked that the additional funds be added so dispatchers can be funded at current rates.
Why it matters: dispatchers are staffed to maintain two-person coverage nearly 24/7, and the…
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