Damages from the early Sunday morning riots totaled between $40,000 to $50,000, city officials said.

This estimate does not include damages to private businesses in Campustown, the ISU campus, city personnel overtime to make repairs, damage to police gear or the cost of the chemical sprays used to disperse rioters.

Three Ames Police vehicles and one firetruck were damaged, said Clare Bills, public relations officer for the city of Ames. Helmets, shields and other protective devices used by police were also damaged, but it’s too early to calculate total damages to those items, she said.

“I think the biggest damage was the damage to police morale. We were really looking forward to [Veishea],” Bills said. “There were six really peaceful [Veisheas]… We’re so incredibly disappointed that students ruined Veishea weekend.”

Ames Police Cmdr. Jim Robinson said estimates for the three Ames Police vehicles damaged total approximately $10,000. There is also the additional expense for calling in additional officers and overtime pay, he said.

The police department is trying to determine the cost of missing police gear that needs to be replaced, Robinson said. However, it is certain pepper spray and tear gas will need to be replaced, he said.

“It will be multi-thousand dollars for replacement for riot-control gas,” Robinson said.

Story County Sheriff’s Office Capt. Gary Foster said his office’s vehicles were damaged as well. He said one vehicle with major damage will cost an estimated $7,000 to repair, not including replacing the light bar on top of the car. He said all sides of that car were damaged.

“They tried to roll it over,” Foster said. “There was some minor damage to other cars, but nothing to write home about.”

Paul Weigand, director of public works for the city of Ames, said signs, sign posts, pedestrian signals, barricades, mirrors in driveways for blind corners, lamp posts and parking meters were all damaged, most of which need to be replaced.

He said six parking meters were destroyed; each costs $425. Signs, sign posts and installation totals $100 per sign, he said. A total of seven city lamp posts were also torn down, each totaling an estimated $3,000, Weigand said.