Vicksburg Warren E-911 was under new management Wednesday after the seven-member commission voted Tuesday to oust its director after four years.

Jason Tatum was relived of the job after a closed session of the E-911 Commission, Vicksburg fire chief and commission chairman Charles Atkins said Wednesday. Chuck Tate, a longtime Culkin volunteer firefighter and a past chief of the department, was named interim director. Tate is also a part-time 911 dispatcher and retired hydraulics engineer.

The meeting was closed using the personnel issue exception in Mississippi Open Meetings law. Atkins said violations of center regulations were involved, but didn’t elaborate on that or what the vote was on either action.

“Yes, it was,” Atkins said in response to the question. “But, I can’t discuss personnel decisions.”

Tatum did not respond to calls and messages on Wednesday.

Atkins said the commission expects to advertise for the position in enough time to consider applications when it next meets Aug. 27. The commission’s eventual choice will be the center’s sixth director in 11 years.

Tatum, a former sheriff’s deputy and security professional took the job in 2010, shepherding the centralized dispatch center through the latter stages of a transition the previous year to its current physical plant at First North and Clay streets. Previously, the center was housed in the basement of the county courthouse.

Earlier this year, county supervisors with Tatum’s urging OK’d buying a new Computer Aided Dispatch system to take calls and, unlike the previous system, relay real-time information to law enforcement officers in the field as a call evolves. The system, from ADSI, came with a $309,000 price tag, or $165,000 less than the next-lowest offer to the commission.

The center operates on about $1.2 million annually, a figure that has risen since voters approved centralized dispatch in 1989. Salaries for secretaries, the deputy director and director — which account for roughly $128,000 of the annual budget — are paid via surcharges added to home and cellphone bills. Dispatchers’ salaries are paid for with a 65 percent contribution from the city and a 35 percent contribution from the county.

The director’s position pays $49,955 annually, according to Warren County budget documents. The deputy director’s position has been effectively vacant since former No. 2 Nicole Vera left in 2013 to pursue work in the private sector.

Commission seats are held by Atkins, District 1 Supervisor John Arnold, Sheriff Martin Pace, Vicksburg Mayor George Flaggs Jr., Vicksburg Police Chief Walter Armstrong, Warren County Volunteer Fire Coordinator Jerry Briggs and Warren County Emergency Management Director John Elfer.