Commissioners keep settlement baseline for sheriff’s FY27 budget but open path for mid‑year amendment
Sheriff Flowers asked the board for an additional ~$571,000 to cover higher countywide health insurance costs beyond a previously signed settlement. Commissioners emphasized the settlement is binding and agreed staff and the sheriff can pursue a FY27 budget amendment rather than altering the signed agreement today.
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Sheriff Flowers told the county commission during the July 8 budget workshop that the sheriff’s office needs additional appropriations to cover increased health‑insurance costs and asked the board to raise his FY27 allocation beyond a previously signed settlement amount.
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