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Kootenai County commissioners approve $1.4 million increase to jail overtime budget
Summary
After hours of discussion about chronic understaffing, training lags and budgeting methodology, commissioners voted unanimously on March 5 to raise the jail overtime budget by $1.4 million while staff prepare a position-by-position breakdown for FY27 planning.
Kootenai County commissioners voted March 5 to increase the jail overtime budget by $1,400,000 after the sheriff's office told the board it had underbudgeted overtime for the current fiscal year.
Under Sheriff Brett Nelson presented the request, saying the office had an ‘‘oversight in the last budget year’’ and needed transfers within county funds to supplement overtime for the remainder of the year. County finance staff provided the board with an unloaded figure of $1,589,327 and an estimated loaded total of about $1,957,005.74 when retirement and taxes are included. Brandy, the county finance director, delivered the loaded estimate to the board.
Why it matters: Commissioners emphasized that the overtime gap is longstanding and urged a more precise…
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