Budget increase requests by agency
Agency // 2015 budget // 2016 request // increase // percentage change Sheriff // $30,904,373 // $34,803,683 // $3,899,310 // 12.6 percent Orange Grove Center // $0 // $250,000 // $250,000 // – Humane Educational Society // $395,255 // $620,970 // $225,715 // 57.1 percent Enterprise Center // $0 // $100,000 // $100,000 // – Criminal Court Judges // $210,567 // $285,857 // $75,290 // 35.7 percent County Trustee // $744,330 // $782,513 // $38,183 // 5.1 percent Public Defender // $667,466 // $697,803 // $30,337 // 4.5 percent Register of Deeds // $430,343 // $452,994 // $22,651 // 5.2 percent County Clerk // $1,872,613 // $1,887,754 // $15,141 // 0.8 percent District Attorney // $1,212,710 // $1,226,728 // $14,018 // 1.1 percent Soil Conservation // $118,789 // $122,792 // $4,003 // 3.3 percent African American Museum // $62,653 // $65,865 // $3,212 // 5.1 percent Juvenile Court Judge // $7,260,942 // $7,261,388 // $446 // 0.0 percent
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Hamilton County Schools budget requests spark challenges Greeson: What’s important and what’s less important; only Coppinger knows
Hamilton County Sheriff Jim Hammond speaks during a news conference in this 2014 file photo.Hamilton County Sheriff Jim Hammond has a big ask for the county’s 2016 budget, but he says he’ll take what he can get.
During budget presentations to the Hamilton County Commission on Wednesday, Hammond requested a nearly $4 million increase to his already $30 million budget.
His was the biggest budget increase request commissioners heard of the 13 county constitutional offices or nonprofit agencies seeking budget increases from the local government.