No decisions made yet on Brockport's dispatch issues

There have been three meetings and more than seven hours spent but no decision has been reached on what to do with Brockport's dispatching unit.

"At a previous meeting I know I said I hoped we would have some decision before the end of October," Trustee Morton Wexler said. "Well, here it is the end of October and we still haven't reached a decision."

Wexler explained that the meetings have opened the doors of communication and discussions are still on-going as to what the village will do with its dispatching unit. "Hopefully, by November, we will have some answers."

Trustee James Whipple, chairman of the committee looking into the dispatching situation, said the committee is working "diligently to look at safety and cost issues before making any decisions."

Village officials began studying the issue of disbanding its dispatching service and using Monroe County's 911 as a way to cut costs. Residents have come forth to voice their opinions, both pro and con, on the matter at recent meetings.

Concerns about response time is one of the most pressing issues mentioned by residents. Many other residents, concerned with the rising taxes in the village, have banded together to push for the dissolution of both the village's dispatching unit and its police force.

Police Chief Daniel Varrenti said at the village board meeting on October 21 that when he came to Brockport he thought everyone was working toward a common goal. "There are times I go home with a tear in my eye that we aren't all consolidated," he said.