Neb. towns split on 911 upgrades

The $24.5 million plan calls for a new phone center, transmission towers and radios.

By Tom Shaw
Copyright 2007 The Omaha World-Herald Company

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Neb. — Leaders in Council Bluffs and Pottawattamie County agree that the current 911 system used by urban and rural public safety departments needs to be replaced.

But city and county officials haven't been able to agree on the scope of the upgrade project or on how future 911 operations will be funded.