ries were under budget. Frederick ….

ries were under budget. Frederick said he didn’t hear any concerns from commissioners until a budget meeting about two weeks ago. County officials say department heads receive monthly budget reports.

“I asked them to show me where I wasted money. They haven’t been able to show me,” Frederick noted. “This is the fourth position on patrol that I’ve lost in five years and the second jailer.”

He said cash reserves cover police equipment such as vehicles and prices keep increasing there as well.

“[The commissioners] are more worried about me being in the green, than keeping the community safe,” Frederick said of the budget concerns.

Oelkers said, “We don’t cut personnel. We deal with budgets. How Jason spends it is up to him. We can’t tell him what to do with the money.”