“Some have to understand what is confidential and I can't share certain things they have to understand that,” Mayor John Royalty said.
WHAS11 News is learning more information about the mayor looking into the possibility of handing over 911 dispatch services to the state.
“I am completely frustrated with the lack of respect shown to dispatchers and a letter dated from February which was lied about,” Nelson County Sheriff Ed Mattingly said.
The mayor says he sent that letter to the state not as a proposal but instead to gather more information about how it could benefit the people who live in Bardstown.
“We're saving over $100,000 or $150,000 in dispatching – better dispatching – and it is not a bid. It was just fact finding. That's all it is. It's not a bid,” Mayor Royalty said.