Cleveland County Sheriff says no layoffs needed despite lower budget approval

Cleveland County approves budget despite sheriff's funding request

Cleveland County leaders passed a $61 million budget for the upcoming fiscal year, despite the sheriff's request for additional funds.

Cleveland County Sheriff says no layoffs needed despite lower budget approval

CLEVELAND COUNTY, Okla. (KFOR) - The Cleveland County Budget Board approved next year's fiscal budget on Thursday, and the main complaint came from the Cleveland County Sheriff's Office. "I've got dedicated staff that we're going to make sure that the areas that we cut are not going to be personnel areas. Will there be services affected? Absolutely. But, it's not going to be the services that are going to affect public safety," said Cleveland Co…

Sheriff gets no increase in Cleveland County Budget Board battle

A contentious meeting of the Cleveland County Budget Board Thursday led to shouting, the banging of the gavel for order, and ended with almost no increase for the sheriff’s office over its previous year’s budget.