The tentative plan for Boyd to pay Stanley in exchange for police protection services, has cleared its latest hurdle, after the Boyd Village Board voted in a special meeting Monday January 31 to send the idea to its regular meeting, with motion made by Sarah McQuillan and seconded by Gwen Krizan, Casey Dorn not present. In the meantime, there’s no time to waste, as both Boyd and Stanley will need to approve a deal in regular meeting session before things can move forward.

“That’s why I called this meeting,” Village President Bob Geist said of the special review at 705 E. Murray Street. “Because if we waited until the regular meeting, we’d be out another month.”

The Village of Boyd meets the second Monday of the month while the City of Stanley meets on the first and third Mondays. Had a recommendation by the Village been put off until its regular meeting, it would mean March as the earliest that Boyd could revisit the matter.

Present for the special meeting January 31 was Lance Weiland of Stanley, who came to answer any questions the trustees might have in regards to the agreement. With final details still out, the agreement as planned would see an officer present in Boyd for 30 hours a week, the other 10 being in Stanley.

Should it pass both municipalities review, Boyd will get cost effective police protection, while Stanley will be able to better fill out its staff roster, pending a full agreement.

“If we go through with this, you’re basically requesting that we provide those (police) services and the Village paying for it, but I think the City would also like to have the village’s voice be heard,” Stanley Police Chief Weiland told the board members present after it was asked if the board gets to be in on the interview. Weiland also said that even though the City of Stanley had its own police and fire commission that he had always handled CONTRACT

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the hiring process, But while official numbers were out as of yet on just what the agreement would cost, with the ballpark estimate in the low $70,000 range after the first year, there were other items to cover as well, like phone service.

“The only utility the police paid was their own phone service,” village clerk Sandi Isaacs reported of Boyd, with the prospect that calls be forwarded from Boyd to Stanley when no one was in the office brought up.

Stay tuned as this potentially historic agreement continues to develop, pending the sign off of both sides.

“We don’t know yet, we haven’t got any word back,” Stanley city clerk/treasurer Nicole Thiel said Monday of sending the agreement in for attorney review.