Torn between wanting better policing and opposing tax hikes, city officials have decided against supporting a $1 fee on motorists to help pay for a new countywide fingerprinting system.
Instead, they said, they would rather pick through their budget to find the $455,000 expected for the city's share of the $10-million fingerprint identification system. More than $250,000 in law enforcement grants have already been set aside for the system, according to the city manager's office.
