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Sheriff requests 45% increase in law enforcement funding; council approves permits, consent agenda and bills
Summary
Sheriff Hilt requested raising Inwood’s annual law enforcement contract from $25,056 to $36,387 (a 45% increase). The council discussed the request but took no vote; it did approve two building permits, the consent agenda, and a list of bills.
Council members discussed a request from Sheriff Hilt to increase the city’s annual law enforcement payment from $25,056 to $36,387, an increase of about 45 percent. The request was recorded in the meeting minutes; no motion or vote on adopting the increase was recorded at the March 9 meeting.
Separately, council approved two building permits — a house for Brett Van Beek and a garage for Dylan Van Der Brink — on a motion by Rick Rozeboom with a second from Laurel Reinke; the motion carried 4–0. Jordan Huyser moved, and Reinke seconded, approval of the Consent Agenda (minutes from Feb. 9, the Treasurer’s report, and bills for payment); that motion also carried 4–0.
The minutes list detailed payments and vendors, including a $45,021 design fee to Oleson & Hobbie, typical utility and payroll items, and library-related expenditures such as library book purchases and $600 rent recorded in a community center project budget. The council’s actions on permits and the consent agenda were recorded as routine approvals; no formal action about the sheriff’s requested increase was taken.
The council recorded the roster of bills and authorized payment as part of the Consent Agenda; staff were expected to process the approved payments.
