January 17, 2008
By JOHN WISELY
FREE PRESS STAFF AUTHORS
Pontiac is too lay out 30 police officers, shut down its detective office and vice-’s group probably, to least, and combat crimes with police strength less than thirds as largely, as it 2004 war.
Die cuts are suggested, which officials rejected said, after voters selected a tax Tuesday and, around the fire-brigade from the personnel cuts to to save, around one $6-million deficit addressing necessarily, which could develop between $8 million and Police $9 million to dismissal messages out into today go could.
Die finances of the city are now like that bad that a condition-determined is necessary financial manager to regulate her mayors Clarence Phillips said. And die say officials die troubles in Pontiac, the seat of Michigan wealthiest county, Oakland county, mean problems for other Michigan cities.
“We have no other elections,” Kreuzkopfsaid Wednesday. “We won’t leave a good Police department Our to department Public work won’t to function in the situation its. I disappointed quite am.”
Pontiac alone is not in its troubles. As if result the bad economy and the system of condition, which finance local government mostly through property taxes, swings many older cities with few room to to grow financially. While falling property values begin, down the steering wheel base more over to drag die next years, forecasts experts, there more Pontiacs on the horizon will be.
“exaggeration Without, could be easy more there 10, 20, 30 communities or, die similar roads facing,” said Paul Tait, Executivdirektor southeast Michigan of the advice of governments. “it is flat out untenable.”
Die condition treasury department led an introductory review that the finances Pontiacs of last summers and recommended that the governor appoint a formal review crew, in order to look closely. Move Jennifer Granholm repeats die recommendation, spokeswoman Liz Boyd said.
If a formal states review that a fiscal urgency exists, the governor an urgency could appoint financial manager balance books of Other elections include, who die city lets its set up own resumption plan for condition agreement.
were appointed in the last years, city budgets cut Die urgency-financial manager, die in the flint and in Hamtramck deeply, before they returned financial control back to selected officials. High country Park is run by a condition-determined manager, Arthur Blackwell.
Like many older communities Pontiac in a cycle of the flat incomes and rising costs are included Property tax rights to limit incomes growth into fully developed cities on die inflation rate, while costs of things can grow such as pensioners health care 10% to 20%, die one year of Older cities with more pensioners largest Crunching to confront.
Pontiac places additional problems as well opposite Die city is to reach deal to sell the Silverdome, to denationalize where it spends $1,5 million annually on maintenance, or management of its gulf course not capable been, which could get in more moneys.
Police Chief Val rough said, under their contract, befehligt, must receive 14 days of the message before it laid away of is. Rough said it expects die crime rate, die rising, to increase after the temporary dismissals.
In 2007 18, die people were killed in Pontiac, up of 12 in Without 2006. a detective office, officers, try between police runs to investigate to have. Rough said die department receives approximately 70,000 calls for service each year, wouldn’t leave much time city Die for investigating with a strength of 60 or in such a way befehligt. has 119 fire-brigade employees and according, in order to fire union officials.
“I worry myself around die conditions of work, die, it people, die work in some very dangerous situations must,” Kreuzkopfsaid of the cuts imposed.
Another choice should dissolve die Police department and the contract with that Office of the Oakland county police head for patrol services. Milli torr of Clemens stores approximately $1,5 million annually as it the Office of the Macomb county police head supplies police service, an official said has.
When die idea of the police head patrols first in Pontiac 2005 one swam, the police head estimated it could die city annually store more under $2 million to $3 million such deal, but war, than die strength police of the city far larger war. Kw_price current would be checked must based on the number of delegates, who die city wishes, Undersheriff Michael McCabe said Wednesday.
“must regard We’ll certainly, but, if you do not have money, you cannot really more enter into a contract,” Kreuzkopfsaid.
Kw_police and die fire-brigades are die two largest departments in the city. Voting card of Tuesday included a request, in order to eliminate the prescribed minimum, in the fire-brigade with personnel would have supplied, die cuts there would have permitted.
But die voice means that cuts of other departments must come.
“shut in the middle, close park must thrash may the We,” Kreuzkopfsaid. “We sacrifice die completeness our of the whole city to maintain around a department.”
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