He said the village council was scheduled to discuss the issue Thursday night.Sycamore played without junior 6-foot-10 center Raleigh Burgess who suffered a leg injury. “I know our attorney isn’t in agreement to that amount of money, but like I say if there is no recourse other than they’re not going to dispatch us, if they have us over a barrel where we have to pay what they say.” “Before we have to pay it I’d like to see how they came up with that figure,” Back said. ![]() Police Chief Bob Back is also balking at the price saying “that’s way too much.” New Miami will get a bill for $47,542 calculated on the sheriff’s budget for this year and calls from 2019. He would not elaborate further on the issue. Township Administrator Bob Bass said the trustees will consider a recommendation from their attorney on whether they can challenge the fairness of the charges Thursday. will owe the sheriff’s office $75,780 next year, based on 4,165 calls. “My position here is to present that to the administrator, who will present it to the trustees and they will ultimately make the final decision or give guidance as to what to do, if anything.”ĭwyer said the first figure he gave Chabali was for this year but they never imposed it. “If you got a call that your electric bill went up $300, how would you feel,” the chief said. Police Chief Bob Chabali was a little surprised when the Journal-News informed him of the price, he was given a $162,898 bill a while ago. Last year the township logged 11,694 calls and will be charged $219,638. calls started mounting a couple years ago. The sheriff’s office first broached the subject of charging other jurisdictions when Fairfield Twp. “We’re very satisfied with out contract and we’re able to budget every year for that,” Scrimizzi said. While the other jurisdictions' payments won’t impact the city’s bill, Scott Scrimizzi, Hamilton’s executive director of public safety, said they have a good deal. The smallest jurisdiction with it’s own cop shop is Seven Mile, the village will pay $5,764 based on 341 calls last year. Hamilton had 91,550 calls dispatched last year and the city’s bill for next year will be $1.15 million. “That’s kind of a litmus for the workload that each entity puts on the dispatch center.” “We found the most consistent way is to look at the total number of calls and the push-to-talks,” Dwyer said. Oxford’s bill next year will be $366,319, based on 13,505 calls in 2019.ĭwyer noted Hamilton and Montgomery counties charge for dispatch services and his operation came up with what they have deemed the fairest formula for establishing what to charge each entity. The county took over dispatch for Oxford in 2016, due to a new state law that limited the number of Public Safety Answering Points (PSAPs) a county could maintain. Now the increases are based on the consumer price index. Under the agreement, Hamilton paid the county 5 percent more from 2015 to 2018 to account for increased maintenance fees, personnel costs, and system upgrades. The negotiated cost for the sheriff’s office to take over the service was $902,103 in 2014.Įxplore Butler County sheriff wants to charge more departments for dispatching 911 calls The city’s 2013 budget for dispatch was $1.39 million. ![]() When Hamilton faced a $5 million budget deficit several years ago, officials made a deal for the county to take over dispatching for the county’s largest community. Fairfield, Middletown, Monroe, Trenton and West Chester Twp. pays the sheriff’s office about $3 million annually to police the township, a contract that includes dispatching.
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