Where Did Your Public Safety Tax Money Go?
Since the city won’t be hiring 100 new police officers anytime soon, you might be wondering where your public safety tax money went that was supposed to hire them? $38 million of the tax increase went to IMPD, $10 million of that was supposed to hire new cops. Here’s a breakdown of how it was spent.
- $13 million was spent on overtime costs.
- $8.8 million was spent on contractual salary increases.
- $1 million was spent on legal settlements.
- $15.7 million was spent on paying off tax anticipation warrants (short-term borrowing)
I told you people there was nothing in the ordinance that said money had to be spent on new cops. I really do hate being right all the time.
