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County says new radio system is live; dispatch still short‑staffed and under budget pressure
Summary
Gillespie County confirmed completion and go‑live of a major radio replacement; consolidated dispatch remains underfilled with four vacancies and overtime pressures, and officials expect personnel costs to be a focus of next‑year budgets.
County communications staff told the joint budget workshop on Aug. 27 that the county’s radio replacement contract signed in December is operational and the new system was taken live on July 24.
The presenter described the prior system as “antiquated” with some equipment 10–25 years old and said the replacement included microwave and fiber links to the LCRA core in Austin for redundancy. “It is live and operational,” dispatch staff said, while…
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