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Benton County supervisors discuss declining E‑911 revenue, CAD costs and 28E agreements for dispatch
Summary
Supervisors discussed falling E‑911 surcharge revenue, the county’s use of E‑911 funds for computer‑aided dispatch (CAD) and unanswered questions about intergovernmental (28E) agreements and billing for some cities; no formal funding change was adopted.
Benton County supervisors spent a portion of their meeting discussing E‑911 funding, how E‑911 dollars are used for computer‑aided dispatch (CAD) and maintenance, and whether some municipalities covered by 28E intergovernmental agreements have been billed for services.
The conversation focused on a drop in surcharge revenue from traditional landlines and how the county currently uses E‑911 funds. A supervisor noted that the county has used E‑911 funds to pay roughly a third of the computer‑aided dispatch fee — covering maintenance licensing and the data connections that push dispatch information to deputies’…
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