Jail OT budget increases again
The Kootenai County jail
MADISON HARDY/Press file
COEUR d’ALENE — With the Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office poised to outspend its increased budget time for overtime seven months before the end of the fiscal year, mainly due to overtime worked at the county jail, commissioners agreed this week to inject another $1.3 million into the budget.
Commissioners voted unanimously in March to increase KCSO’s fiscal year 2026 overtime budget from $925,000 to $1.4 million as a stopgap. In an April 16 letter to the board, Capt. Jeremy Hyle said he expected the agency to overspend that budget by the end of this month.
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