DeKalb Sheriff under budget for 2010

Written By: Andrew Cauthen
1/22/11
Categorized in: DeKalb News

As the DeKalb Board of Commissioners begins to wrestle with the 2011 budget, the county’s sheriff announced that his office had ended the year under budget for the 10th consecutive year.

According to a statement released by Sheriff Thomas Brown on Jan. 7, the Sheriff’s Office was under budget by $811,170 for 2010. Last year’s budget for the Sheriff’s Office was $74.4 million. Of that amount, the Sheriff’s Office did not use about $63,000.

In September 2010, the Board of Commissioners allotted an additional $748,000 in funds to be used for anticipated overtime pay. This was intended to counteract the department’s loss of 89 employees due to the county’s early retirement program last year.

According a report from the county’s chief executive officer, the Sheriff’s Office refilled all 89 positions. The Sherriff’s Office has 863 positions.

Brown said the entire $748,000 allotment will be returned to the county’s general fund.

“The executive staff of the Sheriff’s Office has done a fantastic job in managing the resources to include personnel assignments in keeping overtime pay to a minimum,” Brown said. “I cannot express how proud I am of this team of professionals who has made it their mission to protect the taxpayers’ funds while maintaining a safe environment for both the employees of the Sheriff’s Office and the inmates incarcerated here.”

The Sheriff’s Office was able to pay all outstanding 2010 bills, not furlough any employees during the fourth quarter of the year and return more than $810,000 to the county administration, Brown said.

For 2011, DeKalb CEO Burrell Ellis has proposed a budget of $66.1 million for the Sheriff’s Office. That’s nearly 12 percent of the county’s overall budget and $8.3 million less than last year’s budget.

“I am looking forward to working with the board of commissioners as we prepare for the next budget cycle for 2011,” Brown said.

Comments (5)

gracie

Said this on 1/25/11 At 11:10 pm

In reply to #4

Don't compare animals to inmates, because animals have much intelligence than an inmate will ever have. You do not see animals robbing banks, selling coke, setting fires, stealing cars, murdering anyone, home invading, or any else that the crazy human being does for lack of something to do. You must be a human because you do not think like animal !

Animals show love, compassion, and loyalty, unlike humans.

BJR

Said this on 1/25/11 At 03:10 pm

In reply to #1

How about putting some of that money torward helping your own kind, set up some classes for the inmates. Cutting back on over time to stop inmates visitation keeping them lock down like animals. Not keeping the jail environment clean and making sure the elevators or working properly I guess is a pat on the back for our Sheriff , but not such postive action torward our people. Have enough staff to assist the inmates and not have such nasty attitudes torward the tax payers where the money is coming from. It's all about the Sheriff. Dekalb county jail needed the money for much improvements.

Marcus

Said this on 1/25/11 At 01:31 pm

With the Money saved on last years budget,can the correction officers get a rais in pay?. the job is tough enough as it is,it been several years from the last pay increas. the BOC have thrown us under the bus,and we have been hit with all wheels.

Ingnovich

Said this on 1/24/11 At 11:25 pm

Now if they would only put the inmates at hard labor with short rations working for the county, the county would further save money and the inmates might think twice about going back.

gracie

Said this on 1/23/11 At 11:48 am

Sheriff Tom Brown's office came in under budget for at least one reason. He knows how to run a department. Unlike the BOC for the remainder of the county, Tom Brown does things right the first time. He doesn't have a bunch of idiots above him who cannot make up their minds. He doesn't a bunch of idiots perched on pedastals looking down at the little people lie the BOC.

There are two ways of running an agency. The right way which Tom Brown knows and the wrong way which BOC doesn't know........THE BOC.......'BUNCH OF CRONIES"

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