"We understand the services provided to our community as valuable, but we do not agree with the unmerited amount." "This causes grave concern of the sustainability and questions the lack of foresight for Perry township," the trustees wrote. Perry Township incurred the "heaviest burden of increased costs," they wrote, arguing the $33,365.24 fee for service did not reflect the township's size or usage.
Perry Township was the lone entity that did not renew its central dispatch contract in January, as the trustees tried to negotiate for a lower rate.Ī letter from the trustees earlier this year counter offered a one-year contract with 20% rate increase. Allen County provides central dispatch, or 911 call services, to Perry Township and other municipalities for a fee, while the city of Lima and Shawnee Township operate their own call centers.īut "there wasn't much rhyme or reason" behind the fee structure, Commissioner Cory Noonan said, so the commissioners started talks with participating townships and villages two years ago to "bring parity" to those rates, which pay for part of the salaries for four dispatchers.