911 panel shutdown OK’d by Lebanon

Lebanon City Council members agreed to sign a resolution supporting dissolution of the Emergency Telephone Agency (ETA) and move forward with a levy for the jail during their April 8 meeting.

The ETA decision was in response to a recommendation from the committee overseeing the agency that it be dissolved.

In 1986, eight separate 911 centers (Public Safety Answering Points) in Linn County were consolidated into a single countywide center operated by the Linn County…