Police Chief Scott Williams wants t...

Police Chief Scott Williams wants to deposit at least two more officers in succession the streets -- and he chance of a favorable results the hotels in Eastport will help him do it.

Collinsville has four officers patrolling the roads on an average shift -- the same number forward duty nearly 100 years ago. through the whole extent of the last several years, Williams said, city officials have talked about ways to present more officers on the public ways

He proposed Monday that the City Council explore a hotel-motel surcharge, at a percentage or dollar amount that hasn't been decided nevertheless The surcharge would not affect bed-and-breakfasts in the city, however would be confined to the chain taverns in the 157 business area.

"Before we state a lot of time and force into it, we wanted to gauge your reactions," Williams told the council. "We don't want to do anything to make our [i]cabaret[/i]s noncompetitive, but we want