Dispatches on duty will be under a watchful eye as E-911 commissioners on Wednesday approved installing video cameras inside their workplace.

The equipment is expected to cost about $7,250.

The decision was made at the commission’s second regular monthly meeting with Geoffrey Greetham as the E-911 director.

No specific reason for the cameras was given. The vote was, however, taken after months of reported personnel turmoil. Among complaints were that verbal and physical confrontations had taken place inside the center in October.

The center is funded by tolls on wired and cell phones and supplements from city and county governments. Personnel answer all calls to 911 and, in turn, send law enforcement, firefighters and other emergency personnel.

The commission also heard Greetham report on his first two months in negotiating with the center’s technology vendors, proposing an update to its organizational chart, seeing that employees are trained and supervised and making financial projections for the center.

He distributed financial information showing projected spending for this year of $840,199. That amount is $21,531 more than the center’s budget, set at $818,668.

Reallocations among categories within the existing budget had been made with the help of the county administrator, John Smith, to arrive at the projection, Greetham told commissioners.

Also, in response to matters presented by address coordinator Kenny Staggs, commissioners approved: