R2025-304 Resolution Authorizing Payment of the 2026 Central Illinois Regional Dispatch Center Invoice - User Fees for the Decatur Police Department and Decatur Fire Department

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Council Memo Police Department No.25-49 DATE: 11/17/2025 TO: Honorable Mayor Julie Moore Wolfe and City Council Members FROM: Melissa Hon,Interim City Manager Brad Allen,Chief of Police SUBJECT: Resolution Authorizing Payment of the 2026 Central Illinois Regional Dispatch Center Invoice-User Fees for the Decatur Police Department and Decatur Fire Department SUMMARY RECOMMENDATION: Approve by resolution the payment of the 2026 user fees for the Decatur Police Department and the Decatur Fire Department to the Central Illinois Regional Dispatch Center. BACKGROUND: On June 5,2017,under Resolution 2017-76,the City Council approved the City of Decatur entering into an Intergovernmental Agreement with the Central Illinois Regional Dispatch Center(CIRDC)to begin providing dispatching services to the City of Decatur Police and Fire Departments on January 1, 2018. The CIRDC fees for 2026 for both DPD and DFD total $2,122,718.95. This is an increase from 2025 by $67,321.84. The fees are calculated by a fixed percentage of the CIRDC overall budget being applied to each user agency. The fixed percentage is based on historical calls for service data. This type of billing structure provides each agency with more stable billing projections. The Decatur Police Department and the Decatur Fire Department are the largest police and fire agencies served by the CIRDC. The breakdown of the 2026 invoice for user fees for the City of Decatur is as follows: Decatur Police Department$1,787,206.61 Decatur Fire Department$335,512.34 The user fees are billed annually but paid quarterly to CIRDC. The user fees due in 2026 have been budgeted as separate lines in the DPD and DFD 2026 budgets. LEGAL REVIEW: n/a PRIOR COUNCIL ACTION: Approved for 2025 under Council Resolution 2024-361. POTENTIAL OBJECTIONS: None anticipated. INPUT FROM OTHER SOURCES: n/a STAFF REFERENCE: Brad Allen—Chief of Police BUDGET/TIME IMPLICATIONS: Included in the 2026 police and fire budgets.