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Cache County sheriff outlines three-year contract increase for Trenton police coverage
Summary
Cache County Sheriff Lynn Jensen presented a three-year police-services contract for Trenton that the mayor signed at the meeting; the sheriff said the town logged 120 calls in the last budget cycle and the contract will increase by about $1,068 annually over the next three years.
Cache County Sheriff Lynn Jensen told the Trenton Town Council on May 5 that a three-year police-services contract covering the town will include an increase of about $1,068 per year. Mayor Erick Simmonds handed the signed contract to Sheriff Jensen at the meeting.
Why it matters: The contract sets the town’s police-service budget for the next three years and represents a modest recurring increase to local public-safety spending. Council members raised the local operational impacts they want the sheriff’s office to address.
Sheriff Jensen said the department recorded 120 calls at the end of the most recent budget cycle and that the modest contract increase will take effect each year for three years. Councilmember Donny Merrill raised concerns about repeated calls about loose animals and questioned how County Animal Control had been handling those incidents; Sheriff Jensen said he would follow up on that specific concern.
Mayor Simmonds gave the signed copies of the contract to Sheriff Jensen during the meeting. The council did not take a separate recorded motion on the contract at the meeting’s public session; the minutes record the contract discussion and transfer of signed documents.
Next steps: The sheriff said he will follow up on the animal-control complaint raised by Councilmember Merrill. The contract will govern the town’s police coverage and associated budget increases for the stated three-year period.
