CCSO 5% budget increase aimed at hiring ‘best’

Kitchings: Request is in line with tax study.

Columbia County Sheriff Wallace Kitchings said he was requesting an increase to his budget to ‘hire the best,’ ‘train the best’ and then to ‘retain’ those officers. (JAMIE WACHTER/Lake City Reporter)
Columbia County Sheriff Wallace Kitchings said he was requesting an increase to his budget to ‘hire the best,’ ‘train the best’ and then to ‘retain’ those officers. (JAMIE WACHTER/Lake City Reporter)

The Columbia County Commission’s budget workshop Thursday began with a short video.

Prior to making his pitch to the board for a 5% increase to fund the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office, Sheriff Wallac…