February 12, 2012 Sheriff seeks increase By SCOTT SCHWEBKE Standard-Examiner staff sschwebke@standard.net OGDEN — Officials in eight Weber County cities have until March 31 to decide if they will pay more to the Weber County Sheriff's Office for police services or find an alternative. The cities without their own police departments are Farr West, Hooper, Huntsville, Marriott-Slaterville, Plain City, Uintah, Washington Terrace and West Haven. The sheriff's office also serves unincorporated areas of Weber County. Contract costs with the eight cities have been adjusted slightly over the last decade but not enough to keep pace with service costs, Weber County Sheriff Terry Thompson said. Under a proposal prepared by the sheriff's office, West Haven would see the largest hike, $552,609, and Washington Terraced would see the smallest, at $3,886. The eight cities will have until the end of March to agree to the cost changes or pur sue other alternatives such as contracting with a neighboring municipality for police services or establishing their own police departments. WCSO officials will meet with city councils in the eight municipalities during upcoming work sessions to discuss the cost increases. Sheriff's office personnel expenses, calls for service and county population growth have increased costs, said Chief Deputy Eight cities face higher costs for county protection 33