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Sheriff flags $130,000 overtime, loss of some homeland-security grant funds in Kittitas County briefing
Summary
At a June 2 study session, Kittitas County Sheriff Myers told commissioners the department has logged about $130,000 in overtime tied to a Chelan County homicide response and is tracking the likely loss of some FY2025 homeland-security grant funding (about $75,000) while also updating the board on jail project progress and a Medicaid 1115 waiver at the jail.
Kittitas County Sheriff Myers told the Board of Commissioners at a June 2 study session that the Sheriff’s Office has incurred roughly $130,000 in overtime related to a response connected to a Chelan County homicide and that the overtime, plus other emergency responses, creates uncertainty in the department’s mid‑year budget.
“My cost right now is $130,000 in overtime,” Myers said, describing the immediate fiscal pressure and noting other overtime responses are also affecting the budget. He added that staff are still working through actuals for…
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