The County Commission voted earlier this week to define district boundaries. Mapleton, which has objected to the potentially high fees for service, was left out. Other cities not included are Provo, Orem, Springville, Pleasant Grove and Lindon. They do not rely on the county for dispatch services.

"They chose not to be in it," Larry Ellertson, commission vice chairman, said of Mapleton.

Instead, the central Utah County city is planning to renew a past agreement with Springville to provide dispatch services, Mayor Laurel Brady said Thursday.

The district was created as a means of having cities pay the actual costs of the dispatch services provided by the county. Sheriff Jim Tracy earlier said that the county charged cities $15.50 for each call on which dispatchers had to create a report. The actual cost to the county: $25.50.

Initially, the plan was to have the district charge cities for dispatch services through a property-tax assessment. But Brady said that was not fair to Mapleton, a city with a low crime rate and high property values. She said her city would wind up subsidizing services for cities that used the service more often.

Also, Brady and other city officials said the county did not have specific information on how much Mapleton would pay for the service, making council members leery.

"We have always appreciated our ties with Springville," Brady said.

Ellertson said the boundaries for the district have been sent to the Lieutenant Governor's Office, and the next step is to have representatives of the cities meet to discuss how to operate the district.

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