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Sheriff takes huge cut in county budget

Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Anticipating reduced revenues, the Elmore County Commissioners have proposed a budget that is $974,011 less than last year, with the sheriff's department taking the biggest hit among all the cuts the county has made.

"We cut back because we know the revenue won't be there," said Commissioner Arlie Shaw. With the state anticipating a 12 percent drop in revenue, which is reflected in sales tax and revenue sharing funds allocated to the county, combined with a major reduction in fees for building permits, "almost everybody took some kind of a hit," to make the books balance, Shaw said, with most departments seeing an average of a 7-8 percent drop in their budgets.

See the Mountain Home News for the complete story.

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    Sure hope this does not come back to bite this county in the backside. The area where the patrol deputy was cut seems to be one of the most amount of accidents on I84. The weather can be clear and yet there are still accidents. Add in bad weather and the amount of accidents goes up greatly.

    -- Posted by B Mullen on Thu, Sep 3, 2009, at 9:06 AM

  • This county is already taking a bite in the backside. If you remember in past years, it takes a long time for a deputy to move from one accident to another during the winter. With less than 1.5 officers (the average number of officers per person across the nation) per 1000 people in this county, there is a liability to our safety as well as the officers safety.

    There should not be a shortage in the budget. With all the houses that have been built in the past and still are being built, there should be plenty. The housing market here has not dropped price wise like other places. It has slowed down some, but prices have not dropped. I believe that there needs to be monitoring of how much is being paid out in raises. For instance, I know of one year that the Sheriff's office personel received less than a 3% pay increase compared to a 40% increase to another group. Give back the 40% people.........you know who you are....

    If taxes are not being collected.........better figure out why they are not and change it. There should be no option when buying a house......it should be included in the mortgage payment to ensure payment.

    There is always a better way...........Just need to figure it.........And it should not be sacraficing our safety.

    -- Posted by WhatUknow on Thu, Sep 3, 2009, at 2:54 PM

  • Off topic of the main story, but WhatUknow brings up a good point with the quote below:

    "With all the houses that have been built in the past and still are being built, there should be plenty. The housing market here has not dropped price wise like other places. It has slowed down some, but prices have not dropped."

    WhatUknow,

    The price of housing in this area is inflated. I've seen houses listed in Boise that are very comparable to some houses in Mountain Home with regards to square footage and land area that list for less than those in Mountain Home.

    Sadly, as long as the base is here, appraisals will be higher than they should be, and realtors will continue to sell homes at the "appraised" rate.

    -- Posted by MrMister on Sat, Sep 5, 2009, at 4:55 PM
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