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Jackson County board and area mayors debate regional 911 dispatch plan, funding options
Summary
Mayors and county supervisors spent the bulk of the Jan. 6 meeting debating a proposed 28E dispatch agreement and whether to finance regional dispatch through a countywide EMA levy or intergovernmental cost-sharing (per-capita or property-valuation). Supervisors asked the county attorney to review legal options and set a short work session to refine numbers and language.
Representatives from several cities asked the Jackson County Board of Supervisors on Jan. 6 to consider a formal intergovernmental agreement to stabilize 911 dispatch staffing and pay.
Mayor Josh Bolt, addressing the board, said cities want an agreement that preserves service continuity while resolving salary and budget shortfalls; he presented two funding options that had been discussed with city officials: option A would keep dispatch as city employees with an intergovernmental (28E) cost-share; option B would rely on a county levy (an EMA levy) and convert dispatch to county employees. "I don't necessarily believe the city is in full alignment with the others about this — it's our preference to keep the employees," Bolt told supervisors. "How we get there seems to be…
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