PORT TOWNSEND — The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office will have one less patrol deputy next year following the approval Thursday of the Jefferson County budget.
Jefferson County commissioners carved away here and there to make up for an estimated $300,000 deficit in the $38 million fiscal 2002 budget.
They decided to draw $171,870 from the fund balance — a county reserve fund — to make up most of the deficit.
But they also cut the patrol position as well as several other county jobs to make up for expected revenue shortfalls.
The Juvenile Services and Health and Human Services departments each lost one position — in addition to a two-person cutback previously included in the budget.
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