Feasibility: County approves letter for State Auditor to conduct study

Washington County Commissioner James Booth, left, talks Thursday morning about an engagement letter between Washington County and the State Auditor’s Office to perform a feasibility study of centralizing 911 emergency dispatch operations for the county, Belpre and Marietta as County Commissioner Charlie Schilling, right, listens. (Photo by Michelle Dillon)Washington County took another step down the path to centralized 911 on Thursday morning. During a Washington County Commission meeting, commissioners approved an engagement letter with the Ohio State Auditor’s Office to provide a feasibility study of centralized 911 in Washington County. The engagement letter also calls the feasibility study a performance audit and states the objective of it is to conduct a “feasibility study of 911 emergency dispatch operation consolidation for Washington County, city of Marietta and city of Belpre, to include analysis of the following: operating environments, organizational structure and staffing l...