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General News Foxburg renews police contract
FOXBURG - Foxburg Borough Council July 7 re-authorized an
ordinance contracting for law enforcement service with the Emlenton police
department. Foxburg council OK’ed a contract which pays Emlenton
Borough $25 per hour for police services and $30 per month as a fuel surcharge. The police department will patrol Foxburg on an as-needed
basis determined largely by the police officers. The hourly rate also applies to
time spent by officers at court proceedings. While the contract does not include a minimum or maximum
amount of time the Emlenton officers will spend in Foxburg, borough secretary
Gwen Atwood estimated the monthly total of services would be in the 10 to 15
hours per month range. Emlenton police previously provided law enforcement
services for Foxburg, however, the contract needed to be re-authorized to
continue the agreement. “The police protection provided by the Emlenton officers
is fantastic,” said council president Lou Kalinowsky. “I think we get a lot of patrols for our money,” added
council member Ed Lowry. The Emlenton police officers are permitted to enforce state
crimes codes, local ordinances and periodic security checks of businesses,
establishments or locations. Under the agreement, the Emlenton Police Department
supplies all needed equipment and the township will not be responsible for any
salary or related costs. Emlenton remains liable for the police officers actions
while they are duty in the township. In other
business, Foxburg Borough Council recently approved the transfer of a state
liquor license from a The transferred liquor license will be used at a pizza
restaurant within the borough. The approval of that transfer came at a specially scheduled
June 24 meeting of council.
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