Council Member Brewer on sheriff's office roles and vacancies
Brewer asks about other roles the sheriff might play and whether there are vacancies. Commissioner Lee describes the sheriff's broad responsibilities including civil judgments, child support, and evictions. CFO James reports 52 vacancies out of 320 positions, with 31 being deputy sheriffs and an active headcount of 260.
And then just finally with the sheriff, I heard earlier, I worked a lot, closed 93 with the previous sheriff of the illegal cannabis.
What are some other...
roles, I know you're working out the office issues, I know them extremely well, that the sheriff might play vis-a-vis the marshals or on his own?
Or, you know, are there different roles that that person might play from what you can see?
The sheriff.
A lot of people don't know this, but the sheriff's office.
I know all about the sheriff's office.
Much more than I want to know.
They actually do quite a lot.
Yes, they do.
And it's been something that I've been sort of learning more and more every single day.
They execute child support payments.
They execute all civil law judgments.
Correct.
They have to execute evictions when necessary.
Yes.
Right now, Sheriff Raymond is...
Is currently in his second week, and we are working together to fully conceptualize his vision.
And do they have vacancies, do you know?
Vacancies?
Vacancies?
There are vacancies.
CFO James?
I have that too.
I think there are.
I think I know the number, but go ahead.
They're currently in the sheriff's.
I'm sorry, I'm going to let the CFO.
Total vacancy for the entire division is 52.
52 vacancies.
31 of those are deputy commissioners, deputy sheriffs.
Right, and how many people are there?
What's the full head count if it's fully operational?
320.
320?
Okay.
That's quite a few vacancies.
Active head count is 260.
All right, thank you.
Thank you.