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City and County Move Toward Consolidated 9-1-1 Center; Council OKs Joint Meeting
Summary
Chief Freddie Johnson presented a task-force report recommending consolidation of four 9-1-1 call centers into a single joint center with a 50/50 cost-share model, embedded mental-health response and no job losses; Council accepted the report and agreed to a joint city–county meeting in November to work out governance and cost details.
Chief Freddie Johnson briefed the Davenport City Council on a task-force recommendation to fully consolidate four public-safety answering points (PSAPs) into a single joint emergency communications center that would serve city and county residents.
Johnson said the proposal grew from multiple earlier attempts, citing governance and control disagreements as prior obstacles, and noted that public-safety agency heads who participated in the task force voted unanimously in favor of consolidation. He recommended a 50/50 cost model — equal operational and capital contributions from the city and county — and proposed naming an operational director to lead the…
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