911 director flags dispatch cost pressure, possible state fee increase could help
Summary
The county 911 director reported rising vendor/CAD costs and said early legislative discussion could raise per-device fees (example noted: $2/device), which, if enacted, might shift costs back to statewide funds and relieve pressure on the county general fund.
Stuart (transcribed as "Store") Wilson, director of Dubois County 911, walked the commission through the dispatch budget, explaining modest annual vendor increases and a tightening of statewide search-charge dollars used for CAD hosting and mapping.
Wilson said the state has discussed increasing the per-device fee that funds the statewide search-charge distribution and cited an illustrative figure: "they're talking about $2 per device, which could be significantly more coming back to the county." He said that an increase of that scale could add substantial dollars to the county—s 911 fund but cautioned commissioners "don't bank on it" because any change would follow the state legislative process and the state's fiscal calendar.
Wilson also described an anticipated $20,000 server replacement and said allowable uses for statewide-search-charge dollars are tightly constrained by the statewide board; wages are an allowable expense but certain infrastructure items are not. He said the 911 center has improved monitoring and radio-infrastructure investments that contributed to a high ISO rating.
No changes were made to the 911 appropriation at the meeting; the director said he would monitor legislative action and report back if the statewide fee proposal advances.
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