Report to the Indiana General Assembly: 911-Dispatch Consolidation and Funding; Fiscal Benchmarking; Managing Local Government Employee Health Care Costs

Abstract

In the spring and fall of 2014, the Indiana Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations (IACIR) conducted reviews of local government 911-dispatch consolidation and funding. More specifically, the commission reviewed the structure and funding of 911-dispatch or public safety answering points (PSAPs) in light of both the 2014 deadline for consolidation of PSAPs and the 2015 sunset of the current funding structure. Also in the fall of 2014, the commission received information on a recently released compendium of local government fiscal benchmarks and reviewed the strategies local governments are using to manage rising employee health care costs.