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Sheriff’s office reallocates prisoner-contract revenue and equipment funds for jail improvements and vehicle maintenance
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Summary
The sheriff reported staffing openings and won committee approval for budget amendments that moved $119,614 into law enforcement equipment and $200,000 in prisoner-contract revenue into jail building improvements; the committee voted to approve both amendments.
At the April 27 Public Safety Committee meeting the sheriff’s office outlined staffing openings and asked the committee to approve two budget amendments reallocating funds for equipment and jail improvements.
The sheriff reported openings and recruit classes scheduled for May; during the budget discussion he said the first amendment moves $119,614 from law-enforcement equipment and related lines into law enforcement equipment, vehicle maintenance and related vehicle accounts to cover parts and repairs. "This budget amendment reallocates funds ... placing $119,614 into the law enforcement equipment, $43,000 into maintenance repair of vehicles, $12,000 vehicle parts, and $61,025 into the motor vehicle line item," the sheriff said.
Separately, the committee approved a second amendment that moves $200,000 of prisoner-contract boarding revenue into the jail building improvement line item. The sheriff explained that the $200,000 comes from contracts where the county boards state inmates and that moving the revenue to building improvements will fund repairs or upgrades at the adult detention center; he said the transfers would not harm operations and were chosen after review of other lines.
Both amendments were approved by roll call. Commissioners asked questions about use of funds and whether transferring contracted-revenue dollars would hurt other lines; the sheriff and staff said the transfers had been reviewed and would not cause shortfalls.
Provenance: topicintro SEG 926, topfinish SEG 1037.
