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Sheriff briefs commissioners on 2025 budget and cost-cutting; legal counsel consulted on sheriff salary calculation
Summary
Sheriff Mike Buehler met with the commission to discuss the 2025 budget, outlined plans to cut costs and reviewed 2024 expenditures; commissioners also called legal counsel Travis Elliott to discuss how to calculate the new sheriff's salary.
Vernon County Sheriff Mike Buehler met with the county commissioners on Jan. 8 to discuss the department's portion of the 2025 budget and to describe plans to reduce costs. The meeting record notes discussion of 2024 expenditures as part of that review.
Following the sheriff's budget discussion, the commissioners placed a call to Travis Elliott, legal counsel, to consult about financial issues and specifically the calculation of the new sheriff's salary. The record does not include the legal advice given or any vote on compensation; it records only that legal counsel was consulted.
