Show County sheriff proposes percent increase Uintah County Sheriff Arden Stewart has asked the county commission for a law enforcement budget of a percent increase over budget Cost of living raises of seven percent for deputies and other department employees make up most of the propos propos- proposed proposed ed increase said Sheriff Stewart About 25 percent of the increase includes capital expenditures to replace two patrol cars and purchase videotaping equipment Left out of the budget proposal was a request for additional deputies Sheriff Stewart believes the department can adequately patrol the county with the exception ex- ex exception of impacted energy areas southeast of Vernal He hopes impact aid will help solve that problem Fully equipped patrol cars can cost in upwards of each The videotaping videotaping ing system which will cost t to would help criminal investigations investigations as well as training for new officers and service in-service training for veteran deputies the sheriff said going to it If we dont don't get it well we'll have to borrow it from somebody That can be difficult to do he added Sheriff Stewart Stewart said two of the depart depart- department's department's ments ment's pati patrol l cars have over miles mUes on them Th The sheriff said he proposed a cost of living wage increase according to toa a guideline set by the county commissioner commis- commis commissioner Commissioner Thorn Thom Wardell said that figure is seven percent The sheriffs sheriff's department lived within its 1982 budget of 6 through Oc Oc- Oc October tober according to Sheriff Stewart Gasoline cost the second highest operating expense in the department ran lower than expected through September he added Through nine months the department used of gasoline out of a total of budgeted for 1982 1962 The sheriff projects a 2000 in- in increase increase crease in gasoline costs in 1983 The first highest operating expense salaries and benefits took up 71 percent of f the budget in 1982 or The department used up its five percent allowance for overtime quickly however As a result arrangements for comp time have been made for over over- overtime overtime time put in by deputies That causes pro pro- problems problems in scheduling however said Sheriff Stewart If a guy takes three or four days off somebody has to take his slot he said Uintah County's impact aid ald requests to White River shale Shale Oil Corp includes paying the salary of an additional deputy ty for three years as well as the cost of ofa ofa a squad car That deputy would patrol the length of the new county highway leading south from the Davis area and past that to the White River Corp project The Sheriffs Sheriff's salary budget will be relieved somewhat next year when a deputy hired the middle middie of this Ulis year to patrol Naples City becomes a time full employee of the city as police chief t |