Bartholomew County Sheriff Matt Myers will be getting more money for deputies’ overtime. The sheriff said that two shooting incidents this year pushed his overtime budget even further into the red than previously estimated.

The county had originally budgeted about $84,000 in overtime for sheriff’s deputies, but the department has spent more than $155,000 so far this year, says the sheriff. The department has already moved money around to cover part of the shortfall, but needed County Council approval to access $31,000 in other funds to make it to the end of the year.

Myers said that there have been several incidents this year that required exceptional overtime. For example, deputies aided in the search in late September of a man who shot at a Columbus police officer and then fled into the woods near the city’s wastewater treatment plant.

Myers explained there have also been personnel reasons there has been so much overtime including new deputies who can’t patrol alone, retirements and injuries.

Myers asked to recover money that was paid for a deputy assigned to the federal DEA task force in Indianapolis.

The County Council earlier this week approved moving funds to allow for the overtime expenses.