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Supervisors set FY27 budget hearing; sheriff reports two‑deputy shortfall and $50,000 in cuts
Summary
Audubon County supervisors set the FY27 Proposed Budget public hearing for April 28, 2026, and during a budget work session Sheriff Todd Johnson told the Board his department is short two deputies compared with prior staffing and reduced about $50,000 from its originally proposed budget.
The Audubon County Board on April 7 set a public hearing for the FY27 Proposed Budget for April 28, 2026, at 10:00 a.m. (Motion by Don Mosinski; second Heath Hansen; vote—all in favor). Supervisors reviewed month‑end reports and initialed journal entries as part of routine budget review.
During a subsequent FY27 budget work session, Sheriff Todd Johnson and Melissa Thygesen met with the Board to discuss the Sheriff’s Department budget. The minutes state the sheriff reported the department is short two deputies compared to what it had in the past and that the department made around $50,000 in cuts to its originally proposed budget. Supervisors reviewed FY27 allocations in light of those reductions; no formal further action or vote on additional funding is recorded in the minutes.
The Board recorded that public notices for the FY27 Proposed Budget hearing will be approved at the next meeting and that the public hearing will be held April 28 at 10:00 a.m.
