Whitestown Gets $25,500 State Grant to Study Merging Police With Whitesboro
A study is the step that turns merger talk into real numbers on cost, coverage and officer pay, and local officials have said voters would make the final call on any consolidation.
The Town of Whitestown will get $25,500 from the state to study combining its police department with the Village of Whitesboro's, WKTV reported Oct. 26. The money comes from the New York Department of State's Local Government Efficiency program, which split $8 million among 25 projects statewide.
How we got here: both boards approved a joint application in January. At the time, Whitesboro Mayor Glenn Hopsicker and Whitestown Supervisor Shaun J. Kaleta said there was no plan yet to merge, that any change would involve both police unions, and that voters would decide, the Rome Sentinel reported. The officers' union opposes a merger, and officials said the study itself could take years.
Also in the region: the City of Little Falls received $75,000 to study a centralized water treatment plant.
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