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Committee approves courtroom security and trims several sheriff budget line items amid debate over overtime, vehicles and insurance costs
Summary
The county Budget and Finance Committee approved the sheriff’s courtroom security budget, voted to cut the law-enforcement supplies line and to buy one patrol vehicle instead of two, and debated restoring a patrol position and proposed health-insurance changes (Health Net network P and adding dental/vision). Overtime increase motion died for lack of a second.
Sheriff Ray Russell presented several FY2027 sheriff budget items, and the committee took a mix of approvals and budget reductions while questioning staffing assumptions and proposed benefit changes.
Courtroom security: Sheriff Russell described the courtroom security line as slightly lower than last year and said the current staffing is "3 part-time, 1 full-time." Committee members questioned low overtime projections and whether a full-time position moved to another line last year. A motion to raise the courtroom overtime line from $3,000 to $10,000 was made during the discussion but died for lack of a second. A subsequent…
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