Letter to the Editor: County resident is concerned about impact of city/county police merger on county budget

"As a citizen of Ossian in Winneshiek County, I would like to weigh in on one issue on the matter of the possibility of the City of Decorah merging their Police Department with the Sheriff's Office.�

Please keep in mind that any savings in cost would be negligible.� It would only be moving the cost from the city budget to the county budget.� The cost would remain basically the same.�

My one and only concern would be that the cost remain where it belongs, with the City of Decorah and not be prorated out to the rest of the county.� In fact, that is the only way the City of Decorah could save a truly substantial amount of money."