The court decided to table the agreement with the Joint Emergency Communications Operations Board (JECOB), which acts as an advisory to the court for the 911 emergency operations.
Reasoning for tabling the agreement came after magistrate Kerry Kenady had several questions, one of which concerned who is in charge of the 911 center and its employees.
Kenady said the way the agreement is written, it looks as if the director's position has two bosses - JECOB and the fiscal court.
Another concern of Kenady's was the upcoming 911 new generation upgrading of the system. The way the agreement is written, said Kenady, it gives all upgrade planning responsibility to JECOB. Kenady feels the court should have a say because of the large expense that the upgrade will take.
ECC Director Judy Toombs assured the court they had the final say in what happens at the ECC and JECOB only acted as an advisory to the court. “I don't think the court wants to get into the hiring at the center or the day to day operations,” said Toombs.
County Attorney Tom Noe said ultimately the “buck stops” with Fiscal Court. he suggested if Kenady had concerns about how the interlocal agreement was worded they could sit down and go over it before approval.
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