The new 911 system has been delayed one week.

At their Wednesday meeting, the county commissioners said the new communications system will be switched on for the first time Monday — and not Oct. 28, which was the date announced in September.

Leslie Osche, commissioners chairwoman, said a minor issue with one of the new system's many features caused officials to be uncomfortable with switching over from the old system Tuesday.

She said some police departments are still retrieving their new radios to be used when the transition is made, and emergency services officials want officers to be familiar with the equipment before the system goes live.

Osche said police will transition over first, followed by fire departments one week later.

The commissioners have approved expenditures and actions for the new 911 system almost monthly for a year as emergency services director Steve Bicehouse has worked on switching over to the new system.

A 2012 law mandates that the Federal Communications Commission take away the T-band from emergency services in many areas nationally by 2022.

The cost of the new system in the county is almost $10 million. Of that amount, $3 million will pay for the new radios carried by responders and at fire and police stations.

The county paid 75 percent of the radio cost, with fire departments, municipalities, school districts that employ police departments, private emergency agencies such as ambulance companies and other users paying 25 percent.