The Dubuque County Board of Supervisors intends to renovate space in a West End commercial building for a new 911 communications center, if members can agree on how to finance the approximately $5 million project. A report says the proposal would move the 911 center from its current home in the Dubuque Law Enforcement Center, which it shares with the Sheriff’s Department and Dubuque Police Department, to the building purchased by nonprofit Dubuque Initiatives for a large childcare center and mixed-use space on Chavenelle Road. Sheriff Joe Kennedy told the Board of Supervisors on Monday that it was more necessary now than ever, and that the need for a new 911 center would only grow.
