At Thursday’s RDOS meeting in Penticton – directors made a decision on just who will perform fire dispatch in the Regional District. That choice was Kelowna at a cost saving of $1.789 million.

The majority of rural and municipal directors voted for the change. Fire dispatch has been done by Penticton Fire Department since 1990 and this will mean the loss of 5 jobs.

Director Allan Patton says the decision was obvious based on the cost savings but Director Pat Hampson says he favoured more local control. All the Penticton directors voted to keep the service local.