Cost sheets

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Nora Caldridge’s campaign cost sheets for sheriff staffing, county health reductions, property-tax revenue, and capital accountability.

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Sheet 01 · Sheriff expansion

Line Annual amount
Eight deputies + four dispatchers, salary and benefits $1,320,000
Equipment and training $280,000
Retention adjustment $200,000
Total request $1,800,000

Current sheriff baseline: $18.4 million
Resulting budget: $20.2 million

Source: $1.8 million of the county health-services reduction.

Sheet 02 · County health reduction

Line Annual reduction
Clinics $1,200,000
Mobile health and outreach $900,000
Homelessness + housing-rehabilitation coordination $450,000
Administration and program contracts $250,000
Total reduction $2,800,000

Current locally controlled health baseline: $12.6 million
Resulting budget: $9.8 million
Reduction: 22.2 percent

Service result: one satellite clinic closes; two remaining sites reduce hours; county-funded mobile outreach ends; coordination contracts shrink; waits lengthen; reliance on outside providers increases.

Uses of the $2.8 million: $1.8 million for the sheriff request and $1 million for half of the property-tax target.

Sheet 03 · Property-tax revenue target

Source Annual amount
County health-services reduction $1,000,000
Assessment-growth headroom $600,000
Performance and contract-review savings $400,000
Aggregate levy-and-revenue reduction $2,000,000

The $2 million figure is the countywide aggregate annual levy-and-revenue effect at full implementation. It is not a promise that every property receives the same dollar reduction.

The $400,000 savings line must come from documented recurring changes. If a source does not produce its stated amount, Nora would return the target, source, or affected service to a public commission decision rather than quietly fill the gap with reserves.

County frame

  • General fund: $74.6 million
  • Assessment-base growth: 7.8 percent
  • Projected unassigned reserve: $12.4 million
  • Documented capital backlog: $11.8 million

These sheets state Nora’s operating choice. They do not erase the clinic and outreach consequences used to fund it.