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Sheriff's budget set at $1.1 million dollars

January 04, 2007|Mike Wynn

The Clark County Fiscal Court approved a $1.1 million budget for the Clark County Sheriff's Office on Wednesday morning for fiscal year 2007.

The budget includes more than $920,000 in total revenues along with a state advancement of $200,000 and a $45,000 bank note. Salaries constitute more than $618,000 of the annual expenses.

Sheriff Berl Perdue said the budget required court approval before sending it to state offices to receive the advancement. The sheriff's office, which is fee-based, starts the year with a zero fund balance. The advancement will be paid back to the state later in the fiscal year as the office receives tax revenues.

"This is basically start-up money, and that's why we have to have this in as soon as possible because we have payroll coming up in a couple of weeks," Perdue said.

Perdue added that the budget is basically the same plan that former Sheriff Ray Caudill had prepared last year. He said that changes would be made after he had more experience in the office.

"I think this budget will work for the first year, and we'll come back and fine tune it next year," Perdue said.

The sheriff also said he was expecting to return $15,000 to $20,000 of excess fees from the fiscal year 2006, which he asked the court to consider returning to the office for new activities at the department.

In other business:

â?¢ The court approved an order for the Clark County treasury to pay the bond premium, which is required under state law when a new county judge-executive takes the oath of office.

â?¢ All county employees were rehired by the new term of the Fiscal Court, and Road Supervisor Kevin Wilson was reappointed to a four-year term.

â?¢ The court transferred $20,000 to the Clark County Attorney's Office for operational expenses at the beginning of the year. The order notes that the office returned fees to the court last year and the office does not have funds on hand. The $20,000 is subject to be returned to the court if it is determined to be in excess as of June 30.

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