The Henry County Board of Commissioners on December 1, 2015 voted to impose an additional $743,000 to the city of Stockbridge for police services on the $500,000 now being paid that has been on hold since December 2014. The county said it would be paid in quarterly installments beginning April 1 according to the paper. Also, the tickets written in the city will go before a city judge, but the county will take 40% of all the fines generated. And the county shall levy, assess and collect ad valorem taxes within the city limits at the same millage rate as are levied, assessed and collected in the unincorporated areas of the county for police services. The city will have to agree to this arrangement before it is final. The county knows the city cannot afford its own police force at this time and is taking advantage of the situation.
Horace McNeely, Stockbridge resident
No comments:
Post a Comment