Thursday, May 31, 2012

Johnson County Sheriff Looks to Fees to Close Budget Shortage

From the Johnson County Daily Journal:

Expect to pay more if the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office has your car towed or you are in a wreck.

Next could come a fee if your business has too many false alarms. Or the cost to add that new room to your house could inch up.

The towing fee is the first of many that the sheriff’s office and other county offices are considering as a way to make up for declines in tax revenue, commissioner Tom Kite said.

The sheriff’s office plans to charge a fee when it has to call a tow truck because you left your vehicle on the side of the road when it died, it was totaled after a car crash or if you are arrested. That could be just the start of new fees the county is considering.

http://www.dailyjournal.net/view/local_story/County_looking_at_new_fees_to__1338429569/