Marquette County, Montello finalize policing contract with new administrative fee and evidence custody change
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Summary
Committee members said a law-enforcement contract with the City of Montello is completed; it goes into effect April 1 when the city reduces patrols, raises the county admin fee from 1% to 5%, and transfers evidence custody to the county courthouse.
Committee members confirmed that a law-enforcement contract with the City of Montello has been completed and discussed timing and administrative changes.
Unidentified Speaker 6 said the agreement will go into effect April 1 when the city reduces its patrol staffing to one officer. The contract preserves existing services but raises the administrative fee from 1% to 5% and transfers evidence custody from the city to the county courthouse.
A typographical correction was identified in the draft (page 9, paragraph 2: 'air' should read 'all'), and staff agreed to make the edit before final circulation. Unidentified Speaker 6 offered two hard copies of the contract to committee members and said the county would implement the contract once the city's staffing change takes effect.
The committee scheduled a follow-up meeting with the sheriff, acting mayor and public safety chair to discuss operations after April 1, and county staff will provide corrected contract copies to interested members.
