One of the two committees organized at a joint council meeting to look into issues surrounding a possible consolidation of the Scottsbluff and Gering Police departments plans to meet the next three Wednesday evenings.

Scottsbluff City Manager Rick Kuckkahn, who is the lead member of the committee charged with recommending an organizational structure for a joint police department,, will meet March 17th, 24th and 31st at 6 p.m. The first and third meetings will be held at Scottsbluff city hall. The second meeting will take place at Gering city hall.

Kuckkahn says the meetings will be open to the public, but citizen comment will not be taken at the meetings since a town hall forum when nothing but public comment will be the focus is scheduled for March 29th at the Gering civic center.

Kuckkahn says the first two meetings will be used by the committee to discuss possible ideas for an organizational structure. He says by the third meeting the committee should be able to respond and react to what was said at the town hall forum.

The second comittee, which will consider the financial feasibility and aspect of a police consolidation, has not announced when they will hold their first meeting.