Mahoning County Commissioners are meeting with all county departments to discuss next year's budget.

Sheriff Jerry Greene is asking county officials for an extra $600,000 to cover for increased costs to run the sheriff department in 2019.

That would bring the annual budget of his department to around $24 million.

"We are anticipating a 4% increase in medical insurance, consumer price index increases in our gas and electricity bills and all of that. We have contractual step raises that were negotiated in the past for our deputies," said Greene.

Greene says he would like his deputies to make more money in order to keep more of them in his department for longer periods of time but he says the budget is just too tight.