Council hears reasons for dispatch fee increase

The October 24 council meeting was moved up to a 6 p.m. start in order to accommodate a presentation by staff from the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office.

911 Coordinator Jo Borden and Jail Superintendent Lyle Hendrickson gave a presentation intended to explain how the Sheriff’s Department arrived at their proposed increase in dispatch fees to the towns of Odessa, Wilbur and Reardan and the National Park Service. At the end of the presentation, it appeared that more questions were raised than answered.

As previously reported in The Record, the cost to the town of Odessa has remained level at $2,5...