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911 budget review: county moves forward with Motorola radio upgrade, CAD delay pushes some equipment offline until 2025
Summary
Flathead County 9‑1‑1 director presented the FECC budget and capital plan. Commissioners heard that a countywide Motorola 800 MHz radio upgrade is under contract and partly funded by state appropriation; a scheduled CAD/server upgrade was delayed to September 2025 and some laptops remain offline until the upgrade is completed.
Elizabeth Brooks, Flathead County 9‑1‑1 director, presented the Flathead Emergency Communications Center budget and capital-improvement plan to the commissioners. She said the budget reflects a reorganization of building rent billing (OES will be charged rent directly) and modest program adjustments, and that the overall operating increase across non-personnel items is small.
Why it matters: Commissioners were briefed on two technology projects that affect emergency communications continuity and future costs: a Motorola trunked radio system replacement and a New World (Tyler) CAD/server upgrade.
Brooks said…
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