Lisbon Taxpayers To Receive Additional Costs For Delayed 911 Service

Lisbon Taxpayers are now paying three times. 

1. County Tax,  ($566,440.00)

2. Lisbon Communications Center,        ($227,066.00) Budget voted on June 5,2012

3. And Now for 911 Service ($18,000.00) to relay to Lisbon Communications Center to dispatch our own equipment

Cha Ching Cha Ching $$$$

County close to setting fees for dispatching emergencies

Daniel Hartill,

 
AUBURN — Commissioners closed in Wednesday on a fee schedule that would charge a dozen Androscoggin County towns for dispatching emergency services, yet would ease the burden on Lewiston and Auburn taxpayers.

The plan calls for per-capita fees to be charged to the towns: $2 per person in the community for answering the calls, $6.15 per person for dispatching a town police department and $2.50 per person for dispatching rescue and fire services.

Lewiston and Auburn would still pay a substantial share of the county's total dispatching costs — about $118,000 in Lewiston and $101,000 in Auburn — but nearly one-third of the $600,000 total would be raised by fees.

Please read more about this at the following link.

 http://www.sunjournal.com/news/lewiston-auburn/2012/10/10/county-close-setting-fees-dispatching-emergencies/1263652