Gillespie County Sheriff Buddy Mills presented his budget proposal for the upcoming fiscal year during a budget workshop meeting of the Gillespie County Commissioners Court held Monday, July 31 at the county courthouse.

Mills requested a new salary program for the Gillespie County Sheriff’s Department that would mean an $830,000 increase to the county budget.

During the budget workshop meetings, the commissioners court addressed departmental budgets, including salary increase requests, staffing ...