Dispatch fees still a thorny issue

Much of Monday night’s Odessa Town Council meeting was spent in continuing consideration of the Lincoln County Sheriff’s proposal to raise the fees the town pays for dispatch services.

Mayor Doug Plinski distributed copies of a revised proposal from Sheriff Wade Magers, along with a counter-proposal that he had prepared.

It was unclear Monday whether the “5-5-5” plan presented by the sheriff at the November 14 meeting was incomplete, had not been noted, or had been modified. The revised proposal offered a program costing $5,000 for 2012, payable in full in January, with incremental increases o...