END NEARING FOR WASHINGTON CO. DISPATCH TAKEOVER

  

Officials with the City of Brenham and Washington County say one last step is left in the county’s takeover of emergency dispatch.

Brenham City Manager Terry Roberts said the large amount of data contained in the public safety software must still be transferred from city’s computer servers to the county’s.

Roberts says that process is expected to begin in a few weeks.

Last year the county took over dispatching from the city, an “exchange of services”, with the city agreeing to continue providing fire protection, animal control and the library services.

Roberts says the final phase will begin in less than two weeks, with the exchange of the public safety software from the city computers to the county computers, likely taking several weeks to complete.

During the transition period, both systems will be operating to make sure there is no loss of data.