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Mendota council votes to leave regional dispatch, pay $418,000 exit fee · Illinois Valley - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Mendota Council votes to leave Regional Dispatch pay four hundred
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  Speaker 1: eighteen thousand dollars exit fee. Written by Matthias Werner. This
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  Speaker 1: article is being read by an automated voice brought to
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  Speaker 1: you by Everlett. Mendota is one step closer to joining
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  Speaker 1: the c Sasil County Sheriff's Office for dispatch services, but
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  Speaker 1: the city will pay more than four hundred thousand dollars
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  Speaker 1: to exit its current contract with Illinois Valley Regional Dispatch.
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  Speaker 1: The council unanimously passed a resolution authorizing the withdrawal during
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  Speaker 1: Monday night's meeting. To withdraw without two years notice, Mendota
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  Speaker 1: must pay IVRD two years worth of fees, which police
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  Speaker 1: Chief Jason Martin set amounts to four hundred eighteen thousand dollars.
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  Speaker 1: The withdrawal from Illinois Valley Regional Dispatch had nothing to
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  Speaker 1: do with the services provided. Alderman Leo Hochstadder said this
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  Speaker 1: was more about the dollar amount and making an economic choice.
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  Speaker 1: Martin said IVRD will be notified of the council's decision
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  Speaker 1: through an attorney. Before Mendota can withdraw, IVRD must provide
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  Speaker 1: a comprehensive itemized statement of all fees, costs, and recapture
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  Speaker 1: expenses owed to the regional dispatch. The move also requires
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  Speaker 1: approvals from the LaSalle County Board and the Joint Emergency
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  Speaker 1: Telephone System Board. Mendota currently pays about three hundred nine
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  Speaker 1: thousand dollars annually for dispatch services through IVRD, plus an
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  Speaker 1: additional one hundred twenty one thousand dollars in related staffing costs,
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  Speaker 1: totaling roughly four hundred thirty thousand dollars yearly. Martin said
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  Speaker 1: the sheriff's office and the county's nine hundred and eleven
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  Speaker 1: director offered to take on Mendoda's dispatch for twenty five
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  Speaker 1: thousand dollars plus about one hundred thousand dollars in nine
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  Speaker 1: hundred and eleven surcharge fees, a significant reduction. Martin said
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  Speaker 1: Lasal Finance Director John Duncan and ivr D member countered
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  Speaker 1: during a July twenty third County board meeting that the
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  Speaker 1: county would lose money on the deal. He said a
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  Speaker 1: fair market value offer would be three hundred forty seven
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  Speaker 1: thousand dollars, not the one hundred twenty five thousand dollars proposed.
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  Speaker 1: Duncan also noted the county could not guarantee it would
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  Speaker 1: receive Mendota's portion of the nine hundred and eleven surcharge funds,
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  Speaker 1: about one hundred thousand dollars, which likely would not pass
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  Speaker 1: through the Emergency System board. Duncan was present at Monday's
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  Speaker 1: Mendota City Council meeting, but declined to comment. The council
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  Speaker 1: will need to vote again to approve the final termination fees,
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  Speaker 1: which will include all associated withdrawal costs, dues, and capital
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  Speaker 1: improvement expenses the city approved while part of IVRD