Requests for $300,000 for Schools, $960,000 for Police on Tap for Monday's Town Council Meeting

On Monday, town council will consider appropriating free cash for two town budgets and a fund.

During the Dec. 15 meeting of the town council, three public hearings will be held to transfer $300,000 for the school’s fiscal year 2015 operating budget and $960,000 for the police’s operating budget.

The council will also take up a request to transfer $700,000 from free cash into the Other Post-Employment Benefits (OPEB) Trust Fund.

All three hearings were submitted by Mayor Susan Kay.

Currently, there is over $4.8 million in free cash.

In a memo to Chief Financial Officer William McKinney, Kay says that the request is to make up some of the $850,000 shortfall that was discussed after the budget for fiscal year 2015 was submitted.

$250,000 will come from free cash with the remaining $50,000 coming from Southfield funds.

For the police department, the appropriation and uses for the funds includes retroactive payouts for fiscal year 2014, seven new Chevy Tahoe cruisers, uniforms for three new officers, and the entry exam fees for the new officers.

The hearings are scheduled to start at 7:35 p.m. at Town Hall.