We also reached out to the other 11 cities on the CPI named as still being owed money, these cities are:
Tucson, Arizona
Mesa, Arizona
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Spokane, Washington
Eau Claire, Wisconsin
Billings, Montana
Erie, Pennsylvania
Lebanon, Ohio
Green Bay, Wisconsin
Burlington, Vermont
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Two responded. The police chief in Billings told KFOX14 Trump owes the city $45,900 for his 2018 visit.
City officials in Green Bay sent an invoice showing he owes $9,380 for his 2016 rally but was in the city just this year in March and the city is still waiting for the more than $33,000 payment for that visit.
https://kfoxtv.com/news/local/trumps-campaign-still-owes-el-paso-over-500k-for-2019-rally-other-cities-also-unpaid
“It’s usually a pretty all-hands-on-deck situation,” says Billings Police Department Public Information Officer Lt. Matt Lennick. “We work closely with the Secret Service and usually have to bring in extra staff, because at the same time we still have to monitor our calls for service and respond to calls within the city. It’s pretty extensive for our department and costly because of the amount of overtime and things like that.”
That cost can quickly add up, and for many municipalities it’s often impossible to predict ahead of time what that cost will be. As Billings Police Chief St. John told the Billings Gazette in 2018 in preparation for Trump’s rally in Billings, “We won’t have any idea of the cost (of Trump’s visit) until we get the final bill.”
https://dailymontanan.com/2024/08/08/when-trump-comes-to-town-he-brings-excitement-leaves-unpaid-bills/