Fresno County’s 2007/2008 Budget
The Fresno County Board of Supervisors finally decided on a 2007-2008 budget Thursday, July 19, 2007 after four days of hearings. The Fresno Bee reported the Board’s claim that the county is too broke to spend $50,000 on consolidating certain law enforcement services with the Fresno Police Department.
Channel 30 news reported that Fresno Police Chief Jerry Dyer compelled the Board to keep the city/county traffic ticket profit sharing agreement intact. Channel 30 also reported the Board is considering an increase in impact fees which could generate as much as $20,000 annually.
Dyer reportedly told the Board, “Simply as a result of our revenue sharing agreement, you would’ve gotten $5,000, in lieu of that you got $3, 827M…nearly $4M more…Traffic fatalities are down 28.8% percent between 2002 and 2006. That’s 53 fewer families that had to bury a loved one in our city as a result of our efforts and those are City and County resident”
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