Washtenaw County Sheriff Alyshia Dyer ran into a buzzsaw on Wednesday while addressing County Commissioners about her office’s budget and transparency.
Dyer butted heads with several commissioners on some of her funding choices, but particularly that she now wants dollars for food and medicine for inmates. previously unfunded to the to go to her department from the Public Safety and Mental Health Millage. They say that contradicts what she said during the campaign. Dyer says then she didn’t have a clear picture of her budget, and we should move on.
“I think the reality is we are living in extremely stressful times, so people are on edge. And the reality is we all, as a county, as public servants, need to come together and just do the work.”
Commission Chair Katie Scott says those issues will remain unless they’re addressed by the Sheriff and says another Commission workshop with her to discuss the problems may be needed.
EDITED - to clarify Sheriff was not asking for additional funding and what the dollars are for.
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