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County seeks a dispatch funding agreement and oversight model; fire chiefs want a user review
Summary
Routt County staff briefed commissioners on drafting an intergovernmental agreement to share dispatch costs and records management (Spillman), and said county staff are researching an oversight board/governance model that could transition to a standalone authority in 2' 5 years; fire chiefs requested a user work session to review the proposed funding model.
County staff updated commissioners on an early-stage effort to redesign dispatch funding across the city and county and to bring the records-management system (Spillman) into a shared cost model.
Staff said they are drafting an intergovernmental agreement (IGA) that would include the City of Steamboat Springs and Hayden and would bundle the dispatch center funding and Spillman-related items. The county's IT staff has been asked to list Spillman modules and endpoints that should not be included in the initial scope. Staff also asked county legal and management to research governance structures and recommended modeling oversight on an authority'style board that, with a permanent funding source, could be converted to a formal authority in two to five years.
The presenter said the city had included a dispatch contribution in its draft budget and that staff hopes to convene all dispatch users for a work session within the next three to four weeks. Fire chiefs asked for that opportunity because they see potential participation reductions under the proposed model and want a chance to review the funding proposal directly with decision-makers.
Commissioners directed staff to continue drafting the funding model and to plan a user work session for stakeholders, particularly fire chiefs and law-enforcement partners, to ensure broad buy-in.
