July 30, 2012 Cities opt to extend contracts of sheriff Washington Terrace and Uintah agree to pay for county officials; six others face Aug. 31 deadline By SCOTT SCHWEBKE Standard-Examiner staff sschwebke@standard.net OGDEN — With an Aug. 31 deadline looming, two municipalities have agreed to contract extensions with the Weber County Sheriff's Office for services. Washington Terrace will pay the sheriff's office $780,981, a $53,274 reduction from its current contracted amount, while Uintah will pay $105,327, a $37,060 increase. Six other municipalities without their own police departments that will be required to pay more to the sheriff's office for services or find an alternative are: West Haven, Hooper, Plain City, Farr West, Marriott-Slaterville and Huntsville. Officials in West Haven, Hooper, Plain City, Farr West and Marriott-Slaterville have not yet decided whether to accept the sheriff's office contracts. Huntsville has tentatively agreed to the contract proposal, Sheriff Terry Thompson said. The sheriff's office also serves unincorporated areas of Weber County. The execution of new contracts or the termination of existing ones with the cities would take effect July 1,2013, and would be good for five years, said Weber Sheriff's Chief Deputy Klint Anderson. The sheriff's office has eliminated a detective position, a DARE officer post that will be filled by existing personnel, and four community resource officers from its proposed 2013 budget, which means final contract costs for the eight municipalities may be reduced slightly, Anderson said. Sheriff's office fees • Huntsville - Proposed: $52,626; current: $28,590 • Marriott-Slaterville - Proposed: $206,582; current: $190,927 • Farr West - Proposed: $433,359; current: $270,122 • Plain City - Proposed: $354,939; current: $279,068 • Washington Terrace - Proposed: $780,981; current: $834,255 • Hooper - Proposed: $453,914; current: $279,867 • West Haven - Proposed: $844,837; current: $357,888 • Uintah - Proposed: $105,327; current: $68,267 "The numbers won't go up," he said. However, that's little consolation for Hooper Mayor Ko- rry Green, whose city is being asked by the sheriff's office to pay a $174,047 increase. "We don't have money to pay," said Green, adding that Hooper doesn't have a local property tax to fund the increase. The Hooper City Council may seek modified services from the sheriff's office, said Green, who declined to elaborate. Farr West Mayor Jimmie Papageorge said his city also will be hard-pressed to come up with the $163,237 increase sought by the sheriff's office. "It will be tough, but it looks like to me we will probably still be there with the sheriff," he said. "We will have to 72