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Fenton aldermen forward St. Louis County police contract adjustment after questions over $3.2 million cost
Summary
Lieutenant Edgecomb told the council the 2025 St. Louis County contract covers 22 officers and uses a unit-based billing that rolls vehicle usage into officer costs; aldermen pressed on coverage, captain selection and whether shared contracts could reduce the roughly $3.2 million annual bill. Council voted to forward the adjustment to the full board.
Lieutenant Edgecomb presented the proposed 2025 St. Louis County police contract to the City of Fenton Board of Aldermen, saying the agreement covers 22 contract officers and uses a unit-based billing method that rolls vehicle usage into officer costs rather than billing vehicles separately. Edgecomb gave line items and examples, saying an average officer’s salary and benefits are about $110,000 and that vehicle-usage costs for the Fenton contingent total roughly $99,000.
Edgecomb also described support and indirect costs (dispatch and related services) that are calculated using the city’s population and a…
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