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Butler Co. Sheriff Deputies Back on the Job

At a specially called meeting Tuesday night, the Bowling Green Daily News reports Butler County magistrates approved Sheriff Scottie Ward's 2016 budget. The move enabled Butler County's five deputies to be paid and ended a week-long work stoppage that the sheriff called a strike.

The deputies stopped patrolling last week when fiscal court tabled approval of the sheriff's budget and it wasn't clear when their next paychecks would be issued.  State regulations require the money for that paycheck must come from the 2016 budget.

WBKO-TV reports Butler County Judge-Executive David Fields opened the meeting by apologizing for the way things were handled last week.

The sheriff's half million dollar budget was approved last night 4 - 1, with fiscal court voting to add about $192,000.

Magistrate David Whittinghill, who moved to table the sheriff's budget last week, voted against it. He was quoted as saying the sheriff's department already gets enough money, including what the county pays in.

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