WARREN, Ohio - The search is on again to find Trumbull County dispatchers a new home. The 911 director will be accepting proposals of potential office space to move to until mid October. 

Plans to move out of the current center next to Hillside Rehabilitation Hospital in Warren have slowly been talked about and developing over the years. 

“Anybody who knows where they're at now was not the ideal location for them,” Tacy McDonough, the Director of Trumbull County 911 said. 

“Nobody wants to work in a dingy dungeon dealing with calls that they have to deal with every day, their jobs hard as it is,” Denny Malloy, Trumbull County Commissioner said. 

This is at least the second search for space the county has done. A feasibility study showed the Trumbull County Health District on West Main Street in Cortland was the best option to move to. They were close to entering an agreement to lease the second floor but in order to do that they have to accept proposals from other spaces to comply with legal rules. 

“We believe the health district, we believe that's the best location…if it's internally sound enough to meet the demand of what it needs that that would be the prime location,” Rick Hernandez, Trumbull County Commissioner said. 

“You’re going to tack on some more time but it's still forward progress,” McDonough said. 

Once the proposals are submitted the price tag for the move will be solidified. It’s expected to be upwards of one million dollars. 

Money from the county is not officially set aside yet but all three commissioners are considering dipping into their reserved fund instead of a property or sales tax increase. 

“We can always replace that we can always put money back into that fund so we can kind of maybe borrow from ourselves which is a better option,” Tony Bernard, Trumbull County Commissioner said. 

Commissioner Malloy said the reserved fund has nearly five million dollars in it now. The county will also look into getting grants or using money from the opioid settlement.

Every potential space must meet certain requirements including a minimum of 6,000 square feet. Other preferences of the spaces include being near the center of the county. 

Proposals are due to McDonough by 3p.m. Oct. 10. 

Administrators expect to have a building chosen in the next few months then the move would take at least a year.