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Tenafly explores county dispatch and fiber upgrades as budget pressures mount
Summary
Council members asked staff to pursue options for moving dispatch services to the county to avoid rising costs; staff also discussed a multiyear plan to upgrade public-safety and park fiber, and council asked for more detailed scopes and costs.
Council members and public-safety leaders discussed the cost and service trade-offs of keeping local dispatch versus moving to county dispatch.
David (staff member) presented high-level comparative figures from a county discussion: the boroughcould eliminate about $450,000 in local costs and pay about $235,000 to the county for dispatch services, yielding a potential near-term cost avoidance of roughly $250,000. David cautioned that the move would not greatly help the 2025 budget unless the transition were accelerated; county…
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