Council reports reduced sheriff coverage after county staffing cuts
The council said county hiring freezes and staff reductions have reduced contracted sheriff services; the city's 50% deputy assignment and a port deputy position described in the meeting will be reduced, though a South County deputy will remain available and residents were urged to call 911 for emergencies.
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The Chair told listeners that county staffing reductions and a hiring freeze have reduced sheriff services available to the city. "The sheriff service is being reduced through the county," the Chair said, and the meeting described the city's 50%-time deputy and a port deputy position (recorded in the transcript as 1.5 FTE) being scaled back, with the port deputy described as reducing to 0.75.
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