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Commissioners urge Pioneer and townships to finalize 9-1-1 dispatch plan; county to keep dual paging until March 1
Summary
Williams County commissioners heard extended discussion about a contested dispatch reprogramming requested by the village of Pioneer, Bridgewater Township and others and agreed to continue dual paging until March 1 while urging the parties to finalize a plan and coordinate with county dispatch staff and Motorola.
Williams County commissioners spent more than an hour on a dispute over who should be dispatched for emergency calls along boundary areas involving the village of Pioneer, Bridgewater Township and neighboring townships, and on how to program the county's Motorola CAD (computer-aided dispatch) system.
The commissioners instructed county dispatch to continue “dual paging” — sending both the old and proposed new responsible agencies — through March 1 as a temporary measure, and they directed county staff to ask the village of Pioneer and nearby townships to reach a final decision and coordinate with county dispatch before the county makes permanent programming changes.
The discussion began after the board received a letter from the village of Pioneer asking the county to implement a new Bridgewater contract and updated response zones. Commissioners said Pioneer has been…
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