Ann Arbor OKs Police OT for Traffic Enforcement
After 45 minutes of Ann Arbor city council deliberation, an additional $125,000 has been appropriated from Ann Arbor’s general fund balance to fund police overtime for traffic enforcement. The item had conceptually been described by Stephen Kunselman (Ward 3) as a $500,000 allocation, but he and co-sponsors Jane Lumm (Ward 2) and Jack Eaton (Ward 4) arrived at the conclusion that $125,000 would be a more reasonable amount to spend.
The additional money was allocated at the council’s Dec. 16, 2013 meeting on a 10-1 vote. Dissenting was mayor John Hieftje.
The three co-sponsors were part of a six-vote majority that had backed a significant revision to the city’s crosswalk law at the council’s Dec. 2, 2013 meeting. That change – … [Full Story]