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JPA leaders propose FY27 budget approach, agree to wait for a full year of cleaned CAD data before changing dispatch fees
Summary
The JPA’s operations and dispatch leaders outlined a preliminary FY27 operating need of about $2.8 million, proposed a 4% increase as a short‑term baseline and agreed to postpone major fee-methodology changes until a full year of cleaned CAD metrics is available.
An operations representative presented a preliminary FY27 operating figure of about $2.8 million and said the governance group will hold a dedicated budget workshop in March. The packet shows carryover, proposed increases and an initial approach to cover positions and operating costs.
“We will get this out pretty quickly here,” the presenter said, describing a preliminary plan that adds a 4% increase to last year’s baseline and counts carryover funds and some DFA support for utilities and maintenance contracts.
Director Fox and several chiefs told the group the center began dispatching in July with six months of data after receiving CAD records from Rio Rancho. Fox said the team reinitialized nature codes and wiped earlier logs because old CAD entries had logged non-service events (meetings, lunches) as calls, inflating agency counts.
Because the six months of data are incomplete and include migrated Rio Rancho records, multiple members urged using a full year of cleaned statistics before altering the fee model. Suggestions for future fee metrics included call volume, radio airtime, unit-time, or hybrid approaches; the operations rep said the governance group will survey other JPAs and present options after a full year of data.
Members requested agency-specific breakdowns by nature code and unit; Fox said the center can produce labor-intensive, per-agency reports if agencies submit formal Amber requests specifying desired data.
Votes at a glance: the meeting approved the minutes for Aug. 19 and Nov. 18 and adopted an Open Meetings Act resolution by voice votes; no roll-call tallies were recorded in the transcript.
Why it matters: Dispatch funding and fee allocation determine how member jurisdictions share the operating costs of a regional dispatch center. Members emphasized accuracy before shifting fee formulas.
Next steps: A governance budget workshop is planned; staff will provide additional CAD statistics and comparative JPA fee models for consideration.
