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Enhanced 9‑1‑1 board seeks $5.3 million in FY26 budget; requests $300,000 capital replacement line
Summary
Barbara Neal, executive director of Vermont’s Enhanced 9‑1‑1 Board, told the Senate Appropriations Committee the board’s FY26 request is about $5.3 million and includes reinstating a $300,000 per‑year capital replacement fund to support periodic system and hardware refreshes.
The Enhanced 9‑1‑1 Board presented a FY26 budget request of approximately $5.3 million to the Senate Appropriations Committee and asked legislators to restore a $300,000 capital replacement line the board said is needed for periodic equipment and system refreshes.
"The 9 11 board was established in 1994 as the single governmental agency responsible for statewide enhanced 9 11," Barbara Neal, executive director of the Enhanced 9‑1‑1 Board, said while introducing the board’s role and request.
Neal told the committee the board oversees statewide NG911 (next generation 9‑1‑1) design, standards and policy, but does not control local dispatch operations. The board administers the statewide call‑handling technology used by Vermont’s public safety…
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