Portola Valley budget would impact traffic patrol Portola Valley, posted by Editor, The Almanac Online, on Jun 22, 2011 at 4:23 pm
Portola Valley residents and drivers passing through town may, in coming months, experience a new presence on the side of the road: a deputy sheriff on a motorcycle. The Town Council discussed this and other matters in a review of the proposed budget for the 2011-12 fiscal year, which begins July 1.
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Posted by gunste, a resident of the Portola Valley: Ladera neighborhood, on Jun 22, 2011 at 4:23 pm
Wow. $480,000 for one deputy and one car. Is that 3 shifts of 8 hours each? What is the salary of a deputy? The cost of a car might be $30-35,000. That would make it $150,000 per shift per deputy.
Posted by Dave Boyce, Almanac staff writer, on Jun 23, 2011 at 1:20 pm Dave Boyce is a member (registered user) of Almanac Online
The numbers are inexact, including numbers used in this Almanac story, but in a phone interview, Lt. Larry Schumaker of the San Mateo County Sheriff's Office itemized the annual cost of two extra deputies (two for each full week's daytime shift) at around $450,000 for the 2010-11 fiscal year.
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