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Sheriff proposes $43.5M 2026 budget; committee presses vendor, overtime and village-contract details
Summary
The Kenosha County Sheriff’s Office presented a $43.5 million 2026 budget (9.8% increase) driven by personnel, overtime, medical contracts (VitalCORE) and potential new vendor arrangements for bodycam storage; committee approved forwarding the budget and requested detailed vendor comparisons and reconciliation of village contracts.
Kenosha County’s Sheriff’s Office presented a proposed 2026 operating budget of $43.5 million — described in the meeting as a 9.8% increase over the adopted 2025 budget — which the Judiciary & Law Enforcement Committee voted to forward to Finance after detailed questioning.
Major drivers
- Personnel and overtime: Staff said payroll and benefit updates drove a roughly $1.8 million personnel increase, about $900,000 of which was attributed to salary/benefit changes and $900,000 to an overtime increase aligned with historical actuals. The department also set aside $100,000 to backfill overtime related to an officer wellness program.
- Contractual services and medical care: Contractual services were…
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