Sheriff and jail budgets show mixed shifts: county jail decrease, sheriff operations up
Jail Administrator Rod Williamson proposed a $331,528 decrease for the county jail while Sheriff Jeff Nelson and staff proposed increases totaling roughly $121,711 across operations and dispatch; court security rose and several grant-funded programs remained unchanged.
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Jail Administrator Rod Williamson presented a proposed decrease of $331,528 for the county jail budget and a proposed court-security increase of $23,115. Sheriff Jeff Nelson and Office Manager Supervisor Denise Anderson presented proposed increases for Sheriff Operations ($93,196.46) and Dispatch ($28,515) and a proposed decrease in Emergency Management of $5,383. Several specialized programs funded by grants or donations—State Boat & Water, Snowmobile, ATV grants, gun permits, chaplain, canine, Benjamin Neel Gun Range, Federal Boat & Water Grant, and drone—showed no change in the minutes.
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