GERING, Neb. (AP) — The Gering City Council has rejected the county’s proposed contract to help fund equipment upgrades at the Scotts Bluff County Communications Center.

On Monday night the council approved having Mayor Ed Mayo sign documents to prevent the county from ending Gering’s participation in the 911 operational agreement and approved paying the county $59,000 toward the upgrades.

County Commissioners Mike Marker and Sherry Blaha attended the Gering meeting and said they were disappointed by the council’s action.

Gering council member Larry Gibbs says the city couldn’t sign what he called an “open-ended agreement that provided a blank check to the county.”