City Council Members

Scot Wrighton, City Manager

James E. Getz Jr., Chief of Police

It is the recommendation of staff that the 2020 CIRDC annual invoice for dispatch services provided to the Decatur Police Department and the Decatur Fire Department, at a total cost of $1,762,112.19, be approved and paid.  The invoice is scheduled to be paid in quarterly installments in FY 2020.  The breakdown of the 2020 invoice for user fees for the City of Decatur are as follows:

Decatur Police Department   $1,476,362.89

Decatur Fire Department      $   285,749.30

On June 5, 2017, under Resolution 2017-76, the Council approved the City of Decatur entering into an Intergovernmental Agreement with the Central Illinois Regional Dispatch Center (CIRDC) to begin providing dispatch services to the City of Decatur Police Department and Fire Department on January 1, 2018.  The CIRDC user fees are based on calls for service for each user agency.  The Decatur Police Department and the Decatur Fire Department are the largest police and fire user agencies served by the CIRDC.  

There has been no prior Council action related to this invoice.  The 2019 CIRDC invoice was approved under Resolution 2019-01. Payments for FY 2020 reflect the original agreement's provisions.

The CIRDC invoice has been budgeted for the 2020 fiscal year.