The workshop meeting allowed Leeper and other county officials to get answers from representatives of the Kentucky State Police.
Captain Janet Barnett said, "What this would mean would be if someone from McCracken County called 911, the call would go to the State Police post in Mayfield, as opposed to it going to the dispatch center here in Paducah."
Barnett also stated that there are several other counties in the area where KSP has taken over 911, including Lyon and Graves. The ultimate goal is to save the county and tax payers money. As the number of landlines continues to fall, many counties are struggling to keep up the funding to operate a 911 center efficiently.
In a recent ruling the Kentucky State Supreme court said that counties could place a forty-five dollar service charge to residential and commercial buildings, and that fee could be a part of the upgraded services.
"We're trying to keep our fees as low as possible. There are gong to be fee increases coming to do the upgrades of 911 the people want and people expect with the modern technology. It's going to cost money and there's going to be some fee increases coming. We're trying to minimize those; make sure whatever we ask the citizens to pay that is the least we can charge them and still get a good quality service," said Judge Leeper.
Leeper also noted that the final number of cost was not given at this time, and that there are multiple figures that could come in to play. Some of those include $16,000 to upgrade the recorder and over 500,000 to upgrade the console.
No date has been set to vote on the proposal. If accepted, the process would take two years to complete.