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Board imposes temporary hiring 'bar' on sheriff's office, sheriff warns of staffing shortfalls
Summary
The board approved a budget "bar" limiting external posting and hiring in the sheriff's office except for statutory or critical positions and detention deputies; Sheriff Whit testified the office faces an 11% vacancy factor and said the authorized budget is insufficient to meet staffing needs.
The Hennepin County board adopted a budget compliance action on March 10 that restricts new external postings and hires in the Sheriff's Office except for positions deemed "critical" and for detention deputies and telecommunicator positions required to meet statutory mandates.
Commissioner Connley, who moved the measure, said the action is intended to create guardrails around property tax–funded spending amid budget pressure and to require earlier, more…
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