At a public meeting on Monday, Oct. 3, the Wrightstown Board of Supervisors approved a 10-year contract extension for police protection with Newtown Township. Under terms of the deal, there is an automatic annual 5% increase in what Wrightstown will pay for police protection, which is the same terms as the first 20 years of contracted coverage, officials said.
This contract was passed by the Newtown supervisors at its October 26, 2022, public meeting by a 4-1 vote. I voted “No’ for the reasons outlined below.
According the 2022 Newtown Budget, the yearly fee that Newtown charges Wrightstown for this service is $846,529. Meanwhile, Newtown estimates "Police Services" expenses for 2022 will be $5,926,062.
From 2017 through 2020, an average of 18.6% of Newtown Township Police Department (NTPD) Calls For Service were in Wrightstown
A simple analysis based solely on the number of police calls in WT vs NT (as shown above) would suggest that WT should pay $1,219,438 in 2023 based on 18.6% of $6,556,120 in 2023 budgeted Police Services expenses. Meanwhile, Wrightstown fee for police services for 2023 is only $888,855!.
Frank McCarron, a resident of Delancey Court, described this as a “sweet deal” for Wrightstown and a bad deal for Newtown.
Frank McCarron, a resident of Delancey Court, described this as a “sweet deal” for Wrightstown and a bad deal for Newtown. Mr. McCarron – a retired corporate CFO – did a much more sophisticated analysis.
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