Carlisle considers adding police to 2018 budget
It might also increase the number of police officers serving the borough.
In a budget meeting Monday, Councilwoman
"At the time when we did that, I wasn't particularly comfortable with that, but it was a cost cutting recommended by the chief of police at the time," she said.
In light of recent events, including Sunday night's homicide of Rhyhiem Hodge and the
"I cringe at the thought of asking everybody to open this back up and look at it, but I would ask that council at least consider thinking about adding one or two officers," Guido said.
Chief
"Do I actually guarantee that this is going to stop everything going down the pike? Absolutely not. But I can tell you the officers would be out there talking to people," Landis said.
It costs roughly a little more than
"I'm 100 percent open to considering it, but what we need to do is work with the manager and chief and have real proposals," Councilman
Further discussion on hiring more police officers will be held at the borough council's workshop meeting on
The workshop meeting comes a week before a public hearing on the budget at
In his budget message posted as part of the preliminary plan, Borough Manager
The budget plan includes
"For 2018, the theme is going to be construction," Candland said.
Construction for
"Possibly we may be starting, near the end of the year, to do some of our work," Candland said, referring to the Carlisle Connectivity project.
The project is a major piece of the budget, and the borough has received a number of grants to fund its critical components. The project includes the construction of connecting roads through former industrial sites between
About
The budget includes a proposed 4 percent increase to the water rate to help fund capital improvements to the water distribution system. That means the average household would pay an additional
The sewer fund is in the fourth year of a series of planned increases that began in 2015 with a 6 percent increase and continued with another 6 percent increase in 2016 and a 4 percent increase in 2017.
A 3 percent increase is planned for 2018, which would add another
The third increase for borough residents comes in a proposed increase in the price of borough trash bags from
One surprise in the budget plan is that the borough will not face an increase in its health insurance premiums for its employees. The borough's insurance broker did warn, however, that the borough has been informed it can expect premium increases of 5 to 10 percent in the coming years.
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