The Weatherford Commission tabled two separate agreements with Blaine County and Southwest Oklahoma Regional 911 (SWOR).
The Blaine County agreement passed by a vote of 5-0 and the SWOR agreement by a vote of 5-0.
Both agreements were tabled to the August meeting last month after both Blaine County and SWOR asked Police Chief Louis Flowers to bring the items back to August’s meeting.
The same was true this month, as both items were tabled again.
Currently, the Weatherford Police Department maintains a professional, trained 24-hour emergency dispatching center for the answering of 911 emergency telephone lines and dispatching of appropriate emergency services in responding to calls received requesting such services, and has the potential ability of providing such dispatching services within the boundaries and limits of Blaine County.
Blaine County’s County Commission, in an effort to provide professional, reliable 911 services to their constituents do so desire to procure 911 call answering and emergency dispatching from a third party, such as Weatherford PD for the fire departments, police departments, the Blaine County Sheriff’s Department and the EMS responders serving Blaine County.
Blaine County is joining the SWOR association and therefore SWOR is responsible for the costs of new circuits and additional equipment required to facilitate the answering and dispatching of Blaine County emergency law enforcement, fire department and medical calls. Blaine County has entered into an agreement with SWOR. Based on this agreement SWOR will make payments to the City of Weatherford for dispatching services on behalf of Blaine County. The amount and terms of these payments are outlined in the inter-local agreement between SWOR and the City of Weatherford.