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Hennepin County hears sheriff's 2026 budget request that emphasizes staffing, 911 volume and enforcement results
Summary
At an Oct. 6 Administration Operations Budget Committee hearing, Sheriff DeWanda Witt outlined priorities for the Hennepin County Sheriff's Office and a 2026 budget that emphasizes personnel (about 80% of the request), increased operating costs, and public-safety investments tied to higher property-tax revenue.
Hennepin County officials heard the Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office 2026 budget request during an Administration Operations Budget Committee hearing on Oct. 6, 2025.
Sheriff DeWanda Witt told the committee that “a major component of my request is people,” saying personnel account for roughly 80% of the proposed Sheriff's Office budget. County administration later characterized the countywide proposed 2026 budget as $3,090,000,000 and said it was based on a maximum property-tax levy increase of 7.79%, adopted by the board Sept. 25.
The county administrator’s office briefed the committee that the Sheriff’s Office 2026 proposal would increase overall expenses by about $13.2 million, or roughly 7.8% over 2025, and…
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