Council reports reduced sheriff coverage after county staffing cuts

The Chair told listeners that county staffing reductions and a hiring freeze have reduced sheriff services available to the city. "The sheriff service is being reduced through the county," the Chair said, and the meeting described the city's 50%-time deputy and a port deputy position (recorded in the transcript as 1.5 FTE) being scaled back, with the port deputy described as reducing to 0.75.

The Chair said a South County deputy will still be available to respond and urged residents to call 911 when they need law-enforcement assistance. The report was framed as an operational update rather than a council action; no motion or vote on policing resources was recorded during the recap.