1. Governing council. The center operates under a governing council.

A. The governing council consists of one voting member from each participating municipality and one from each participating agency that uses the services of the center.

B. The governing council must meet at least twice annually to establish and review center policies and to provide guidance to the center's board of directors.

C. The governing council may override a decision of the board of directors when at least 5 governing council members sign a petition requesting a special meeting of the council and approve a motion to override by a weighted 2/3 vote, as described in paragraph D, of those council members present at the special meeting.

D. Each participating entity may cast one vote and all votes of the governing council are tabulated as described in this paragraph. The municipalities vote in a weighted manner that is calculated based upon the total population of each municipality as a proportion of the total population of all the municipalities that use the services of the center. The governing council shall utilize the most recent decennial census data for determining the population of a participating municipality. If participating in the center, the Maine State Police representative has the same weighted vote as the most populous municipality that uses the services of the center. If participating in the center, Kennebec County has a weighted vote equal to 1/2 of the weighted vote of the most populous municipality that uses the services of the center. At the first annual meeting of the governing council during each year of the center's operation, the exact weight of each council member's vote must be recorded in the minutes of the meeting and be distributed to each member of the governing council.

2. Board of directors. The board of directors of the center consists of representatives from the following agencies and municipalities that participated in the center's feasibility and implementation studies, if those governmental units choose to participate in the center: the Maine State Police, the Kennebec County Sheriff's office, Augusta, Gardiner, Oakland, Waterville and Winslow. The board of directors must also include 2 at-large members selected by the governing council who represent municipalities that are served by a dispatch system that preceded