POUGHKEEPSIE – The Dutchess County Legislature’s Budget, Finance & Personnel Committee has concluded three days of reviewing County Executive Sue Serino’s 2026 budget, which included discussions with department heads and independently elected officials Sheriff Kirk Imperati and DA Anthony Parisi, about their needs, priorities, and plans for the coming year.

Sheriff Imperati spoke of the need for the funding he originally requested to avoid having to come back throughout the year to cover shortfalls created by not getting the funding originally asked for, which happens almost every year. Earlier this month, the full legislature had to approve an additional $274,000 to cover the Sheriff’s cost of housing inmates in facilities outside of Dutchess County, and another resolution approving more

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