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Communications director urges raises and outlines overtime, staffing and a radio-system capital need
Summary
The county communications director urged the council to approve multi-year, structured raises for dispatch staff, described training timelines and overtime costs, and warned the county's radio system is reaching end of life and will require a multi-million-dollar capital plan.
The county's communications speaker (identified in the meeting transcript as a department leader) presented a multi-year pay plan for dispatch and related communications staff and asked for council support to raise dispatcher pay and reduce turnover. The speaker described long training timelines (about nine months to train a new dispatcher), minimum staffing requirements to safely answer 9-1-1 calls, and the operational risks and liability the county…
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