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Newberry approves two-year sheriff contract, adds school-hour traffic deputy
Summary
The City Commission unanimously approved a two-year law enforcement services agreement with the sheriff’s office on July 28, 2025, adding a traffic patrol deputy for school-time traffic control and continuing a 3.75% annual escalator in the contract price.
The Newberry City Commission unanimously approved a new two-year law-enforcement services contract with the Alachua County Sheriff’s Office on July 28, 2025, that continues a 3.75% annual price escalator and adds a traffic patrol deputy to manage school-hour traffic at Southwest 15th and 2741.
City staff told the commission the contract replaces a previous agreement that had the sheriff providing enhanced law-enforcement services through the municipal services taxing unit (MSTU) arrangement. Dallas Lee presented the negotiated agreement and said the addition…
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