Delegation establishes Public Safety Revolving Fund and seeds it with $10,000; sheriff granted fee increase

The Carroll County delegation voted to establish a Public Safety Revolving Fund to hold fees collected for specialized public‑safety services and to allow the county treasurer to retain those funds under county commission oversight. The motion, read into the record by a delegate, cited the statute provided in the packet (RSA 2323) as the authority for creating the fund.

The sheriff told the delegation the fund will hold fees from “commercial details and any detail outside” normal duties and will be used to pay for items such as vehicles, radios and other equipment tied to off‑duty or contracted public‑safety assignments. “So, it’s work done outside of the normal duty…such as road details,” the sheriff said, adding that the arrangement allows fees charged to the requesting parties to offset the cost of those services.

After creating the fund, the delegation approved a separate motion to appropriate and transfer $10,000 from the sheriff’s detail line into the new revolving fund to provide initial working capital. The commissioners and several delegates discussed the mechanics and the treasurer’s custody of the account before the measure passed by roll call.

The delegation also considered a packet referencing HB36 and a sheriff’s request to raise the fee for RIT (service) by 3.3 percent — an increase shown in the meeting materials as $35.83. The sheriff and staff clarified that the increase affects parties who request service, not the general taxpayer, and described mileage and other set rates that apply. Delegates approved that fee increase by roll call as well.

What happens next: the county treasurer will hold the new fund and pay out monies on the order of the county commissioners as the statute and the motion specified. The approved fee increase will be recorded and reflected in the sheriff’s 2026 fee schedule.