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On paper, Tuesday night’s Marysville City Council discussion for approving the use of a consultant for the possible consolidation of dispatch services used by the city’s police and fire departments should have been a fairly cut and dry process.
The possibility of consolidating services to Yuba County has been a discussion among the council and city staff for some time with discussions being held in ongoing meetings between Marysville’s police and fire chiefs, city staff and council members.
A controversy, however, sprung up recently among some in the community who saw the need for possibly hiring a consultant for $34,605 as a misdirection of city funds…
