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Sheriffs tell House Judiciary they’ve been subsidizing court security; seek parity with $75 executive rate
Summary
Sheriffs testified to the House Judiciary Committee that courthouse security contracts do not cover full personnel costs and asked the legislature to backfill roughly $1.9 million, including about $600,000 for prior shortfalls and roughly $1.3 million to raise reimbursement to the $75-per-hour executive-branch rate.
The House Judiciary Committee spent part of its Feb. 19 afternoon hearing on a budget request from the Vermont Sheriffs Association, with Mark Anderson, sheriff of Wyndham County, briefing lawmakers on why sheriffs are seeking additional funds for court security.
Anderson told the committee that sheriffs operate under three funding streams — state-paid salaries, county budgets for facilities, and separate contract revenue that must cover personnel and benefit costs. “We operate like a business,” Anderson said, adding that contract reimbursements must cover wages, health care and retirement. He said sheriffs have been…
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