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Webster County sheriff outlines FY26-27 budget, highlights cost-saving programs and staffing proposals
Summary
Sheriff Luke Fleener told supervisors the sheriff's office budget for FY26-27 preserves core services while relying on contracts, commissary and ankle-monitoring revenue to offset costs; he proposed a $1.50 night-differential across patrol, jail and dispatch and described vehicle and training expenses.
Webster County Sheriff Luke Fleener told the Board of Supervisors that the proposed FY26-27 sheriff's office budget contains no dramatic line-by-line changes but relies on a mix of contracts and departmental programs to keep core public-safety services funded. "Public safety is not a revenue generating business that we're in," Fleener said, adding, "it costs what it costs to keep people safe."
Fleener outlined revenue shifts that affect the sheriff's budget: the town of Otho opted out of a $40,000 deputy contract (a decline he characterized at roughly $20,000 in that contract line), a uniform per-diem for rural patrol contracts was set at $20 per population slot, and a 42-hours-per-week contract with the city of Dayton is expected to bring in about $110,000. He said…
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