Heitikamp campaign picking up all costs for Biden visit

FARGO — The city of Fargo will be paid for providing security for former Vice President Joe Biden’s Nov. 1 visit to Fargo to stump for Democratic Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, Mayor Tim Mahoney and a Heitkamp campaign spokeswoman said.

Four officers provided traffic control for the rally at the Fargo Air Museum, and a fifth officer helped provide security inside the building, according to a Fargo Police Department spokeswoman.

The traffic control officers worked five hours apiece, billed to the Fargo Air Museum at the special detail rate of $51 per hour, for a total of $1,020, Officer Jessica Schindeldecker said.

The officer working inside the event venue worked four and a half hours at $51 per hour, for a total cost of $229.50, which was billed to the “Heidi for North Dakota” campaign organization, Schindeldecker said.

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