In a Tuesday evening conference with fiscal court, Trigg County Sheriff Aaron Acree affirmed that his office’s budget for 2023 would hover around $934,250 — a mild 5% increase from last year’s financials.
Of that near million, Acree and County Treasurer Lucy Oliver Kyler noted that $167,000 of it will be reimbursed by Kentucky’s Administrative Office of the Courts — including $122,000 in “Justice Center Security,” $15,000 in “Prisoner Transport,” and $30,000 in “KLEFPF,” which is the Kentucky Law Enforcement Foundation Program Fund. Established in 1972, it provides “necessary monies” for the mandatory training of law enforcement, while helping provide annual training incentive stipends to agencies who adopt certain standards.
Acree specifically pointed to three increases to his budget from last year.
Judge-Executive Stan Humphries said that he and the fiscal court’s budget committee had met with Acree in prior fashion, to see what measures — if any — could be taken to reduce spending.
Humphries asserted there wasn’t much else to cut.
Magistrate Mike Wright, along with Acree, added that the new tax program called “g-uts” comes as a one-time purchase, with a cheaper fee in following years.
Acree’s salary is $98,000, while his deputies each make $46,500. Acree noted that after a Monday interview, his office is fully staffed at eight deputies — save what is currently an available half-time position.
Other important line items include $110,000 in “Office Staff Gross Salaries,” $3,000 for “K-9 Support,” more than $5,600 for “Body Cameras/Equipment,” and $50,000 allotted for “Petroleum Products.”
Acree’s budget was unanimously approved by fiscal court, with Cameron Sumner unable to attend.
