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Posted on 07/28/2005 6:23:46 PM PDT by elkfersupper
The city of Coopertown’s 2005-06 budget will see almost a million dollar increase in revenue from last year due to community development and increased ticketing by police officers.
According to city documents, the majority of the new revenue is being brought in by the addition of seven major developments in need of building permits. Existing developments in Coopertown planning expansion during the next fiscal year are Windmere, Winland, Oak Point, Bella Vista, and Autumn Hills.
Two new housing developments, Crab Tree Acres and Hunter Green, are also being planned, officials said.
However, a large portion of the revenue will come from the Coopertown Police Department, said Mayor Danny Crosby.
Records on display in Coopertown City Hall show that it had cost the city approximately $448,979 between the years of 1998 to 2004 to fund the police department.
For example, during the fiscal year 2003-04, the police department had appropriated funds of $125,123, which were entirely spent, but revenue in the form of court fines only totaled $17,689 leaving a total of $107,434 as a burden for the taxpayers.
“In response, Coopertown lowered speed limits and began enforcing them creating a big jump in revenue,” said Crosby.
“A big jump happens with good management. We are trying to get the citizens of Coopertown to feel safer on our roads and have a police force that not only creates money for the city, but adds safety to the roadways.
“The big jump” Crosby said, was started this past January.
According to city records, court fines brought in by Coopertown police during July 1 through Dec. 31, 2004 only totaled $10,172.25. The funds appropriated for the department were $155,880.
From Jan. 1 to June 30, 2005 court fine revenue jumped to $152,324 bringing the total police department revenue for the fiscal year 2004-05 to $162,496.
“Our police department will no longer cost the citizens of Coopertown. It will be self-sufficient from now on,” said Crosby.
“I’ve seen court dockets in the past that prove only two tickets were given in Coopertown during one month’s time,” said Coopertown City Recorder Kacie Reynolds.
“I mean Coopertown is called a speed trap now, but I would rather know our police department is out there working rather than just giving out two tickets a month.
“I start to wonder what else they’re doing if they aren’t staying busy,” Reynolds said.
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Police Dept's across this great Country are out of control - They are simply nothing more but revenue enhancers (safety has nothing to do with their agenda....it just gives them cover from showing the cowards that these police chief really are).
It is a shame that Coopertown has a Convicted Convict for a Mayor and his charge was burglary. Guess this leopard hasn’t changed his spots. He set a budget with revenues of tickets at the amount of $400,000.00 with the instructions to his officers their quota is two tickets per officer per shift. With Nine officers that is 18 tickets a day. So he has set limits to rob the local people and unsuspected visitors. And he is a wife beater with a domestic violence report 625 dated 9/25/04 written by Officer Charles Talley and Officer David L. Gray. So you will understand why people are running scared and have no faith in our new administration.
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