Bowman said Weigel asked multiple times if the county intended to charge him and that officials responded they weren’t going to do so.

Smaligo said the county believes the statute applies in certain respects to this situation because it’s binding on all county officers.

“The law says you have to have the money available,” Smaligo said.

Bowman said nothing in the meeting hadn’t been uttered before, but “it’s like a family squabble” in that the Sheriff’s Office and county may never agree on some issues.

“The reality is they had some good points and I thought we needed to listen to them,” Bowman said, noting the Sheriff’s Office had supporters in the room who were “ticked.”

On the other hand, Bowman said he knows Weigel was disappointed he couldn’t deliver longevity bonuses to underpaid employees who have received few raises over the years.

In the memo addressing shortfall adjustments, Weigel also stated he is giving Physical Therapy of Tulsa a three-month notice that he is terminating its contract. And a “radio crisis” at the jail will be alleviated by taking used radios from the operations division once new radios are programmed.