LEWISTON – Emergency dispatch officials will continue talking Thursday about how to pay for a unified dispatch service.

The group of fire, police and municipal government officials from around Androscoggin County are scheduled to meet at 2 p.m. in Lewiston City Hall.

The group has been meeting since January to find a way to combine dispatch services in Androscoggin County, a continuation of last year’s efforts to combine 911 call-answering centers. Androscoggin County has two centers – Lewiston-Auburn and the Sheriff’s Department.

There are still several agencies that dispatch emergency services, however. A study released a year ago found $400,000 in savings if those dispatch services were combined.

So far, the group has discussed what a unified dispatch service would look like and how cities, towns and the county would control it.