County law enforcement contracts discussed

After an hour of debate, the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors budged only slightly on their insistence for a two-year 28E agreement for county law enforcement coverage between the county and its member communities. Last December, the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors approved a 28E agreement that will allow the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Department to provide law enforcement coverage to the county’s towns without such coverage for a fee of $10 per capita for the first year of the contract. The two-year contract calls for a 5 percent increase in charges beginning July 1, 2017. The board agreed to strike language related to the enforcement of city ordinances. Humboldt County Sheriff Dean Kruger told the board and local town officials at its Monday meeting that enforcement will continue on the same level it has, before the per capita charge was instituted. To read more about this issue and other matters affecting local communities, subscribe to The Humboldt Independent. Click the Subscribe Today link at the top of the page and find out what you are missing.