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Sheriff: closing the county jail would produce no cost savings, per budget review
Summary
At Commissioner Kayla Schmidt's request during the Dec. 3 Truth in Taxation meeting, Sheriff Wright said there would be no cost savings to Traverse County if it stopped operating the jail, based on the county's budget structure.
At the Dec. 3 Truth in Taxation hearing, Sheriff Wright reviewed potential budget impacts if Traverse County did not operate a jail and said, "there would be no cost savings to Traverse County under that scenario." Commissioner Kayla Schmidt had requested the analysis as part of the budget discussion.
Sheriff Wright presented this assessment as part of the county's review of service-level and budget assumptions. The statement was given in response to a commissioner inquiry and was recorded during the presentation of the proposed 2026 budget; no further detail or follow-up fiscal analysis was provided in the transcript.
