YES OR NO? COMMISSIONER, DID YOU RECEIVE YOUR FULL AD VALOREM REQUEST? I'M NOT. I'M NOT GOING TO ARGUE WITH YOU. THE BUDGET BATTLE CONTINUES TO BREW IN CLEVELAND COUNTY AS THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE REMAINS SHORT ON CASH. THE SHERIFF WAS GIVEN A BUDGET OF OVER $18 MILLION FOR THE YEAR. AN AMOUNT THAT'S COME AND GONE SEVERAL MONTHS TOO SOON. MY ARGUMENT THE WHOLE TIME IS I WAS NEVER FULLY FUNDED AN AD VALOREM FUNDS SHERIFF CHRIS AMERSON SAYS HIS OFFICE WOULDN'T BE IN THIS SITUATION IF THE BUDGET BOARD GAVE HIM THE MILLIONS IN PROPERTY TAXES HE REQUESTS. ENID. NO, NO, NO, THERE WAS THERE WAS A THERE WAS A FUNDING AMOUNT THAT WAS APPROPRIATED TO YOU WITHOUT VALOREM FUNDS, BUT THE TOTAL THE TOTAL AMOUNT AVAILABLE TO YOU WAS WE WE DISCUSSED AND WE LOOKED AT IT. IT WAS 18.336. AND AGAIN I'M VERY CLEAR OF YOUR CREATIVE FUNDING. RIGHT NOW. THERE'S NOT FUNDING FOR THE OFFICE TO GET THROUGH THE REST OF THE YEAR BECAUSE OF THE OVERSPENDING OF THE OF THE BUDGET COMMISSIONERS TRANSFERRED OVER HALF $1 MILLION TODAY TO COVER NEXT WEEK'S PAYROLL.
BUT THEY SAY THIS ISN'T A LONG TERME FIX. THE SHERIFF SAYS HE NEEDS ABOUT. $3 MILLION MORE TO GET BY THIS FISCAL YEAR. TODAY, HE BROUGHT THE BOARD A BREAKDOWN OF WHAT THAT MONEY WILL FUND. I THINK THERE WOULD BE A LITTLE MORE DISCUSSIONS AND EVERYTHING. SO AND THEN WEWE'LL HAVE TO BRIG THIS BACK UP THROUGH THROUGH A SPECIAL BUDGET BOARD MEETING, OR WE'LL TAKE IT UP. UM, AND, AND THE NEXT BUDGET BOARD MEETING, WHICH WOULD BE THE SECOND MONDAY OF MAY,.