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CITY, N.D. (NewsDakota.com) A day after Barnes County commissioners voted to retain control of 9-1-1 dispatchers the Valley City commission held a meeting to discuss how the transfer process would work. A number of questions remain on the cost of the transfer, staffing concerns over pay and benefits and leadership control.

9-1-1- coordinator Andrea Suhr said she and other dispatchers are worried about how the county will address supervision details.

And there are concerns over the aging 9-1-1 system in Valley City as Police Chief Fred Thompson said one 9-1-1 console doesn’t work being spare parts for the system are unavailable.

Mayor Bob Werkhoven questioned why the county would take control of a system that’s working well with some minor glitches being addressed by the current supervisor Police Chief Fred Thompson.

Commissioner Duane Magnuson said the question of why the county wanted to take control of the dispatchers and why they don’t have any hard figures on the cost of the transfer have not been answered.

In the end the city passed a resolution to have the county answer those questions before moving forward with the transfer process.

On a 4 to one vote with city commissioner Mary Lee Nielsen voting “NO” the resolution passed. It means another meeting will be held after the county answers these questions before the city will sign off on the transfer process.