The Guthrie County Board of Supervisors says that Tuesday will be the day where they vote to decide whether or not to grant the Guthrie County Sheriff’s Department funds to hire an additional deputy in the upcoming fiscal year. Sheriff Marty Arganbright says the issue is that of public safety, and that it’s an investment worth making for the safety of Guthrie County’s nearly eleven thousand residents. A counterpoint raised at the meetings is that along with the salary and benefits of a new deputy, already a substantial cost, other expenses could have to be incurred, such as an eventual additional patrol vehicle, additional fuel, additional ammo, and additional funding for the County Attorney’s budget; the County Attorney’s office processes and charges all of the arrests made by sheriff’s deputies.