0713041.13
COMMISSIONERS' COURT AGENDA REQUEST
PLEASE FURNISH ONE ORIGINAL AND NINE COPIES OF THIS
REQUEST AND DOCUMENTS TO BE REVIEWED BY THE COURT.
MADE BY: Dave Nicholson
MEETING DATE: July 12, 2004
OFFICE: Commissioner, Pct. 4
TIME PREFERRED:
SUBJECT: (PLEASE BE SPECIFIC) Consider and discuss a resolution supporting the
merger of the Kerrville Police Department into the Kerr County Sheriffs Office in order
to reduce taxes and achieve improved law enforcement at a lower cost.
EXECUTIVE SESSION REQUESTED: (PLEASE STATE REASON)
NAME OF PERSON ADDRESSING THE COURT: Commissioner Nicholson
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Resolution
WHEREAS Kerr County, Texas and the City of Kerrville, Texas separately provide
law enforcement services to the citizens of Kerr County, Texas; and
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WHEREAS Property owners in ~~e~-E-ettnty are taxed by Kerr County and by the City
of Kerrville to underwrite the costs of law enforcement with property
owners in the City of Kerrville paying a disproportionate share of such
costs; and
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WHEREAS Significant savings in the cost of such law enforcement be achieved,
through the elimination of redundancies and through economies of scale
by combining the two law enforcement ageJncies; and
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WHEREAS A combination of the two agencies ~ result in improvements in the
capability of law enforcement and the achievement of better results
through a "seamless" delivery of services; now therefore be it
RESOLVED That Kerr County Commissioners' Court does hereby endorse the
exploration and study of the benefits to be derived from the merger of the
Kerrville Police Department into the Kerr County Sheriffls Office; and be
it further
RESOLVED That Kerr County Commissioners' Court invites the Kerrville City
Council to join in a joint effort to complete the study and ~~lep-a-i
fer s~t~ a -merger -vvith~~a targotsd~ date ~er-~
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~i" E [ ~ Resolution adopted this 12th day of July 2004.
Pat Tinley, County Judge
H. A. "Buster" Baldwin, Commis:
Precinct 1
Jonathan Letz, Commissioner
Precinct 3
~ William H. Williams Commissioner
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