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Sheriff’s office seeks clarity as commission debates duplicative pay items
Summary
Shelby County Sheriff's Office officials told commissioners they need Exhibit A and supporting documents to confirm whether recently proposed salary increases were duplicative; the sheriff's general fund total and several account-level figures were cited in the discussion.
Officials from the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office asked commissioners on June 23 to provide Exhibit A and supporting schedules so they can confirm whether salary funding in the FY26 materials is duplicative.
Alicia Lindsey, chief administrative officer for the sheriff's office, said the posted mayoral budget iterations (May 21, June 5 and June 16) all included an Exhibit A and that the total for the sheriff’s general-fund allocation ‘‘was $542,000,000’’ across versions. She cited account 5102 — the sheriff’s salary account — at $137,773,899 for FY26 and said the sheriff’s total budget stood at roughly $204,000,000 (she later referenced about $206,000,000 after reconciliation with finance). Lindsey urged the commission to provide the exhibits in writing so elected offices can verify duplication claims.
Deputy CFO Michael Thompson told commissioners he would provide consolidated MOE figures and supporting exhibits by email. Thompson also earlier provided the FY25 maintenance-of-effort figure for the mayor’s office as $194,665,291 when asked.
Why it matters: the discussion about duplicative pay lines and the sheriff’s account numbers determined whether $6.48 million identified as duplicative would be removed from the sheriff’s allocation and used to restore other offices’ cuts. Sheriff’s office leaders asked for written exhibits to ensure accurate reconciliation before implementation.
Provenance: Alicia Lindsey’s remarks and the finance responses are recorded in the public-comment and finance Q&A portions of Item 1.
