WOOSTER — Elected officials from Wooster, Orrville and Wayne County said Friday they are ending discussions about forming a countywide emergency dispatch center after determining that combining 911 services would not save money.
Mayors from both cities and the Wayne County commissioners concluded that creating a joint dispatch center would result in higher operational costs, estimated between $100,000 and $150,000 a year, they said in a prepared statement. The officials have been exploring the possibility since June 2018.
Moving the current Wayne County dispatch center and the Wooster-Ashland Regional Council of Governments center, which also dispatches for….
