Police Department Report

Apalachicola Chief of Police Bobby Varnes told city commissioners at their Oct 5 meeting that his department responded to 200 calls during the month of September.

Varnes also briefed the commission on his department’s investigation into the alleged serial rapist purported to have attacked two Apalachicola women over a month ago. He told commissioners that the investigation is ongoing, and that he couldn’t give details at this time.

He also told the commission of the difficulty he has encountered since taking over the duties of Harbormaster. The Harbormaster’s position was eliminated from the city’s 2010/2011 Fiscal Year budget and those duties were assigned to the police department.

Varnes said that he’s going to have to start from scratch; contracts for rental slips needed to be renewed and past due rent needed to be collected.

He asked for direction from the commission to determine the correct amount to charge for slip rentals and for help tweaking the ordinance governing the marinas.