Prosecutor urges budget fix as commissioners debate partial funding
Prosecutor’s office requested what it described as a correction to an underfunded 2026 personnel budget, warning of layoffs and reduced representation without roughly $850,000 in restored funding; commissioners said they may offer a partial amount and asked HR and legal staff to review mandated vs. discretionary costs.
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Bill Daniel, of the prosecutor’s office, told the commissioners the office’s 2026 budget is effectively underfunded and asked for an adjustment so it can pay for personnel and software costs the office expects to need this year. "We had a number of things that happened last year that led our budget to actually be quite a bit lower than we expected," Daniel said, describing unfilled positions and last‑minute expenses that made prior spending look artificially low.
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