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Consider directing the City Manager to notify and engage with the Board of County Commissioners of Comanche County, Oklahoma to negotiate an equitable distribution of cost sharing for services provided by the Emergency Communications Department.
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INITIATOR: John Ratliff, City Manager
STAFF INFORMATION SOURCE: Jessica Carter, Director of Emergency Communications
BACKGROUND: Currently, the E-911 Consolidation Agreement outlines the operational budget to be funded at eighty percent (80%) by the City of Lawton and twenty percent (20%) by Comanche County. The recommended ratio changes would be no less than seventy percent (70%) by the City of Lawton and thirty percent (30%) by Comanche County.
EXHIBIT: Copy of the E-911 Consolidation Agreement
KEY ISSUES: Does the Council desire for the City Manager to give notice and renegotiate the terms outlined in the E-911 Consolidation Agreement?
FUNDING SOURCE: Not applicable.
STAFF RECOMMENDED COUNCIL ACTION: Approve and direct the City Manager to engage with the Board of Commissioners of Comanche County.