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Sheriff updates Hope Select Board on staffing, jail procedures and budget

Hope Select Board · April 28, 2026
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Summary

Sheriff Patrick Polky and Chief Deputy John Andrick briefed the Select Board on staffing (reported fully staffed for over a year), upcoming budget timing (county final budget meeting May 12), changes to incarceration procedures, and encouraged public participation in a county charter review. No board action was taken.

Sheriff Patrick Polky and Chief Deputy John Andrick updated the Hope Select Board on April 28 about county law-enforcement operations and budget matters. Polky said the department has been fully staffed for over a year and noted pending applications for anticipated future vacancies; Andrick said the county's final budget meeting is scheduled for May 12.

Polky described changes to local incarceration procedures and encouraged residents to engage in a forthcoming review of the County Charter of Governance. The board asked questions and received the update; no motion or formal action was taken on the report.