Valley City, ND (KCSi-T.V. News Dec 4, 2012) — Moving control of the 9-1-1 operations from Valley City control to Barnes County, will be delayed.

Originally the proposed plan was to have the change take effect on January 1, 2013.

Valley City Commissioner, Duane Magnuson has said that Valley City should renegotiate the cost share ratio, among other issues related to the 9-1-1 transfer.

The Barnes County Commissioners voted 3-2 to develop a Resolution to clear up the issues of control and distribution of funds with the cost ratio.

County Commissioners John Froelich and Phil Leitner voted against the Resolution, being opposed to moving transfer of the 9-1-1 dispatch center control from Valley City to Barnes County.

Recently, Valley City Administrator, David Schelkoph, at a County Commission meeting, told the County Commissioners, that the move should be delayed until July of 2013, which the County Commission voted to do at Tuesday’s County Commission meeting.

Schelkoph said he was grateful that Barnes County has agreed to the delay

Valley City had threatened the county with a lawsuit if it assumed the 9-1-1 dispatch contract on 1, January, 2013, seven months before the tentative contract was going to expire.

Barnes County Commissioner Eldred Knutson said it’s time to move forward not backwards on the take over.