Get email alerts on the Emergency Communications topic
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
Commission approves bylaws for Emergency Communications (9-1-1) Advisory Board
Summary
County commission adopted bylaws for the county's Emergency Communications Advisory Board, formalizing membership, terms and procedures for the board that advises 9-1-1 operations.
Berkeley County commissioners voted to approve newly drafted bylaws for the Emergency Communications Advisory Board, formalizing membership, term limits and meeting procedures for the county's 9-1-1 advisory body.
"Since its inception back in September of 1997, there has not been bylaws," said Jennifer Swisher, director of 9-1-1 Communications, introducing the proposed bylaws. Christopher Finchem, chair of the 9-1-1 advisory board, said the committee reviewed bylaws from comparable bodies across the state and prepared a draft for the commission to adopt.
Commissioners asked whether staff and counsel had reviewed the draft; one commissioner confirmed it had been circulated to county counsel. The commission moved, seconded and adopted the bylaws by voice vote; the clerk announced, "Ayes have it." Commissioners said having written bylaws will provide a clearer structure for the advisory board, reduce ambiguity and help guide future appointments and operations.
The bylaws will govern the advisory board's quarterly meetings and stakeholder representation from public-safety entities countywide.
AI generated
The text on this page is AI generated. Summaries, highlights, analysis, and video transcripts are all produced from the original source material.
AI can make mistakes, so if you spot one, and we will fix it for everyone.
Note: the source content is unaltered by us. Any content source we link to, be it a video, an audio recording, or a document, is presented exactly as its publisher released it. That publisher is usually a government body, sometimes an individual official or another organisation.
