DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla. — Deerfield Beach commissioners meet on Tuesday night at City Hall. And once again, the city’s contract with the Broward Sheriff’s Office attracted a large crowd.

There has been friction for months amid a push to reinstate the Deerfield Beach Police Department, which folded into BSO in 1990.

During former meetings, Sheriff Gregory Tony told commissioners that the contract had to be adjusted for higher costs, which included wages.

The negotiations got heated last year.

“I have the power of this office to do a lot of damage to individuals,” Tony said during the contract dispute in August.

In September, BSO Maj. Christopher De Giovanni asked commissioners to call a special meeting to bring a resolution.

In January, Tony offered a two-year $39 million contract after BSO covers the cost of a study on city-run police and fire services.

“It needs to be an informed decision based upon data analytics, sound reporting, qualitative and quantitative analysis, and not an emotional decision,” Tony said, adding that the decision impacts 87,000 residents and hundreds of first responders.

Commissioners will also have to consider a city consultant’s study reporting more than $8 million in savings with city-run services annually, but the first year would be expensive.

According to the study published in December, “total expenditures” for the first year of DBPD “exceed the BSO contract due to ... non-recurring capital and startup costs.

“If the startup costs are amortized, the total costs for implementing a municipal model will be lower than the current BSO contract.”