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Judiciary seeks sheriff contract funding and describes pilot accountability court costs
Summary
Judiciary officials told the committee negotiated sheriff courthouse security rates landed higher than expected ($57/hr), creating a $552,000 shortfall; they also described a 16‑week pilot accountability court with personnel costs of about $128,007 and requested committee follow‑up on limited‑service positions.
Terry Corsales and Greg Bowersley, speaking for the judiciary, told the Senate Appropriations Committee that sheriff contract negotiations produced higher hourly rates than originally budgeted and that the change requires a midyear adjustment.
Bowersley said the judiciary had built $54 per hour into its base budget but negotiations settled at a top rate of $57 per hour for some contracts, producing an unanticipated $552,000 increase to cover courthouse security…
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