By Tim O’Meilia
    
Ocean Ridge police will be patrolling the narrow streets of Briny Breezes, checking for unlocked doors and writing tickets for illegal parking at the beach for another three years.
    The Briny Breezes Town Council unanimously approved a new three-year contract June 27 for police services with its northerly neighbor. Ocean Ridge was the only agency to bid on the contract, although the town invited bids from Delray Beach, Boynton Beach, Gulf Stream and the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office.
    Briny will pay Ocean Ridge $203,500 the first year, $18,500 more than under the current contract. The cost will increase 1.5 percent per year plus any rise in the consumer price index. The new agreement goes into effect Oct. 1.
    “I think it’s fair and equitable,” said Alderman Peter Fingerhut.
    “I appreciate your confidence in us for the past three years,” Ocean Ridge Town Manager Ken Schenck told the council.
    In other business, the council:
    • Agreed to a new contract with Hi-Byrd Inspections that calls for an increase in permit review and inspection fee costs. The council asked the town attorney to draft a new inspection fee schedule that increases permit applications from $60 to $85 and sets individual inspection fees of $85. Currently, the $60 fee covers all inspections but the town pays additional fees for multiple inspections that it does not recoup from residents.
    • Set budget workshops for July 11 and 12 at 1 p.m. The July 25 regular meeting was canceled because the council will lack a quorum.       

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