COLUMBUS, Ga. ( WRBL ) — City Leaders in Columbus began their annual budget review process Tuesday morning.
The series of budget meetings began last week when Mayor Skip Henderson presented his recommended budget at the city council meeting. Tuesday, the budget review committee heard hours of department presentations in the City Services Center. Public safety and infrastructure were major talking points throughout the seven-hour meeting.
Sheriff’s officials say the county jail struggles to manage growing inmate numbers, rising medical costs, and a shortage of correctional officers. Sheriff of Muscogee County, Greg Countryman advocated for a stipend program. That would pay officers working overtime in the jail…