Mahoning County Sheriff requests budget increase

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Mahoning County Sheriff requests budget increase

Mahoning County Commissioners are meeting with all county departments to discuss next year's budget. Sheriff Jerry Greene is asking county officials for an extra $600,000 to cover for increased costs to run the sheriff department in 2019. That would bring the annual budget of his department to around $24 million. "We are anticipating a 4% increase in medical insurance, consumer price index increases in our gas and electricity bills and all of that. We have contractual step rais...

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