Hennepin County Board agrees to reduce Sheriff Office budget by $1.3 million

Nobody can accuse the Hennepin County Board of not taking its budget authority seriously.

The seven commissioners spent 30 minutes Thursday in spirited debate over a proposed $1.9 million reduction in the Sheriff Office’s 2019 budget. In the end they agreed to cut the same amount out of the budget, but spread out the reduction among the Sheriff’s Office, the County Attorney’s Office and the Community Corrections Department.

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