(KLZA)-- Pawnee County Commissioners discussed /EMS and dispatching when they met Tuesday.

Sheriff Braden Lang, Deputy John Samuelson, Sheriff Administrative Assistant Nancy Tilton, Pawnee County Attorney Emily Sisco; Pawnee County Memorial Hospital Administrator John Werner and Dennis Schaardt with the Table Rock Fire Department were in attendance for the discussion. The County Attorney, Sheriff's Office and Hospital are asking to be included in the decision making in regards to the proposed dispatch equipment and dispatch. No action was taken.

Sheriff Lang and Deputy Brad Willey met with the Board to discuss outfitting the new vehicle. Willey estimated it will take approximately 80 hours of work to outfit the vehicle. Following the discussion, Willey agreed to outfit the new vehicle at an overtime rate of pay out of a fund other than the Sheriff's budget and will do the work on the clock.

The Board also approved continuing in the Southeast Nebraska Adult Drug Court program at a cost to Pawnee County of $1,000.