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Commissioners approve fee structure for Delaware County firearms training facility; ordinance to be drafted
Summary
The board approved a three-tier fee schedule for the county firearms training range—free for local agencies, $100/day for outside law enforcement, and $200/day for private vendors—and instructed staff to draft an ordinance to memorialize the structure and direct revenues into the sheriff's firearms training budget.
Delaware County Commissioners on Sept. 15 approved a proposal from the Delaware County Sheriff's Office to establish a three-tier fee schedule for use of the county firearms training facility and directed counsel to prepare an ordinance to formalize the policy.
Andy Payne, training director for the Delaware County Sheriff's Office, told the board the department sought an ordinance authorizing fees to offset annual range costs. Payne described a three-tier structure: the county would continue to provide the range at no charge to local agencies (Albany, Eaton, Gaston, Selma, Daleville, Yorktown, and local city police and the hospital), charge $100 per day to outside law-enforcement agencies, and charge $200 per day to third-party private training vendors. Payne said the department's annual range expenses run about $5,000 and that fee revenue would be deposited back into the sheriff's firearms training budget to fund improvements without burdening taxpayers.
Commissioners asked procedural and insurance questions. Payne said agreements with Emtek (a local training company) are open-ended and that he would consult the board if fees needed future adjustment. Commissioner Brand moved to approve the fees as discussed and have the county draft an ordinance to place collected funds into the firearms training fund; Commissioner Reagan seconded the motion, and the board approved it on a roll call vote with all present voting yes.
The board recorded no immediate fee increase schedule; Payne said the department could revisit rates if operating costs or outside demand changed. County counsel confirmed an ordinance will be drafted for a subsequent meeting to memorialize the fee structure and designate the fund into which revenues will be deposited.
The Sept. 15 action authorizes staff to prepare required ordinance language and allows the sheriff's office to begin implementing the fee schedule for scheduled training once the ordinance is drafted and presented.
