Augusta County Sheriff’s Office readies for cuts
January 5, 2010 | Virginia News
Twelve deputies could be pulled from the streets under proposed state budget cuts, Augusta County Sheriff Randy Fisher said Monday.
Gov. Timothy M. Kaine’s latest budget plan would slash $430,000, the equivalent of the total annual pay for about a dozen deputies, a year after the Sheriff’s Office cut spending by more than $200,000, Fisher said.
The Staunton and Waynesboro police departments also experienced budget setbacks, though not as severe as the Sheriff’s Office, Staunton police Chief Jim Williams said.
Almost $70,000 has been cut from Waynesboro’s fund and $82,000 from Staunton’s, according to a state Grants Administration memo released Dec. 28.
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