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Detention division seeks restored officers, lieutenant promotion and expanded inmate health services
Summary
Sheriff Garrett asked to restore six previously frozen detention officer positions (including a proposed lieutenant reclassification), and requested increased inmate health funding (FY27 ask approximately $2,176,550) plus eight hours per week of psychiatric services in the TK Health contract to support jail-based competency restoration.
On the detention side, Sheriff Garrett asked commissioners to restore six detention officer positions that were frozen in prior budgets and to reclassify one position to lieutenant to improve supervisory continuity; Garrett estimated the lieutenant reclassification would increase compensation by about $28,064. Commissioners cited a compensation study showing mid-level detention supervisors were paid below peer-county averages and discussed options to reclassify positions to address retention.
Garrett said the FY27 inmate health request totals about $2,176,550 and is separate from mental-health programming; the sheriff and other staff requested building eight hours per week of psychiatric services into the TK Health contract to support competency restoration efforts, noting county success restoring individuals in-house in some cases and the potential to reduce state hospital waits. Commissioners asked whether these services create a statutory duty to restore competency; staff explained the county can pursue jail-based restoration voluntarily or pursuant to judge orders and that the state’s jail-based restoration program offers tools to shorten wait times for competency beds.
