AUBURN — Androscoggin County commissioners inched closer to ending the dispatching debate Wednesday, calling on the county’s Budget Committee to meet within 15 days.
Its charge: release nearly $350,000 in county money needed for upgrades to its communication equipment.
Last week, the three-member commission voted to keep its center open, foregoing proposals that would have sent county dispatching to either Lewiston-Auburn 911 or Lisbon communications.
So far, selectmen from one town, Minot, have thrown their support behind the dispatch decision.
Commission Chairman Randall Greenwood said he is hopeful that more will join them.
Meanwhile, upgrades to the county’s aging dispatch center are being fast-tracked.
New consoles and other equipment are needed. And the money is sitting in county reserve accounts.
The commissioners sent a letter Wednesday to all 11 members of the Budget Committee requesting that they meet.
Though the group does not typically meet until November, statute gives the commission the right to call the committee together if money is needed.
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