Post by freebird on May 14, 2009 19:14:45 GMT -6
At a glance
How Myrtle Beach has spent the 3 mills in property tax (all numbers as of April 30):
Professional fees | $110,294.66 - legal fees paid to Battle and Vaught, attorneys in Conway, the firm defending the city in four lawsuits that have been filed over the city's new ordinances targeting the rallies; $12,700 for computer programming fees to connect police equipment with a new computer.
Special departmental supplies | $62,470 - including 215 digital cameras for officers to document noise citations, six noise meters, 100 no-loitering signs for businesses.
Computers | $6,539.52 for a server to handle the digital video and audio files captured by the digital cameras, as well as Coplink, a nationwide data-sharing investigative tool.
Uniforms and special clothing | $5,854.39 for five new officers.
Office supplies and printing | $3,009.43 printing of ticket books and nonaluminum signs.
Travel, meetings and schools | $3,422.98 - city spokesman Mark Kruea and the Rev. Tim McCray attended a motorcycle-rally-public-information-officers' conference to spread the word about the city's efforts to quell the rallies.
Vehicles | $103,906.07 - three motorcycles and two cars for five new officers.
About $200,000 is anticipated for overtime for police officers and other staffers, such as public works.
$35 per diem each for the 60-70 officers from out of the area helping with the Harley rally, and for the 125-150 who will be here for Atlantic Beach Bikefest.
Two meals a day for each officer - $6 - at a restaurant the city has contracted with to feed them.
Source: City of Myrtle Beach
How Myrtle Beach has spent the 3 mills in property tax (all numbers as of April 30):
Professional fees | $110,294.66 - legal fees paid to Battle and Vaught, attorneys in Conway, the firm defending the city in four lawsuits that have been filed over the city's new ordinances targeting the rallies; $12,700 for computer programming fees to connect police equipment with a new computer.
Special departmental supplies | $62,470 - including 215 digital cameras for officers to document noise citations, six noise meters, 100 no-loitering signs for businesses.
Computers | $6,539.52 for a server to handle the digital video and audio files captured by the digital cameras, as well as Coplink, a nationwide data-sharing investigative tool.
Uniforms and special clothing | $5,854.39 for five new officers.
Office supplies and printing | $3,009.43 printing of ticket books and nonaluminum signs.
Travel, meetings and schools | $3,422.98 - city spokesman Mark Kruea and the Rev. Tim McCray attended a motorcycle-rally-public-information-officers' conference to spread the word about the city's efforts to quell the rallies.
Vehicles | $103,906.07 - three motorcycles and two cars for five new officers.
About $200,000 is anticipated for overtime for police officers and other staffers, such as public works.
$35 per diem each for the 60-70 officers from out of the area helping with the Harley rally, and for the 125-150 who will be here for Atlantic Beach Bikefest.
Two meals a day for each officer - $6 - at a restaurant the city has contracted with to feed them.
Source: City of Myrtle Beach