Menlo Park and San Carlos will merge their police dispatch services after the Menlo Park City Council voted 5-0 to approve a five-year contract between the two cities at its August 1 meeting.
Four San Carlos dispatchers will become employees of Menlo Park, and all dispatchers will take calls from both cities.
Menlo Park will have three, instead of the current two, dispatchers on each 12-hour shift.
Menlo Park will receive $574,713 a year from San Carlos. The payment will increase 5 percent annually over the five-year contract.
The San Carlos City Council voted 4-0 at its June 26 meeting to approve the contract.
