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Hamilton County seeks municipal approvals for revised 9-1-1 final plan; staff to file resolution after outreach
Summary
Director Andy Knapp briefed commissioners on a revised countywide 9-1-1 final plan required by an Ohio Revised Code change. The plan updates PSAP roles, funding distribution and a required planning committee structure; staff will circulate the final plan to municipalities and seek approval or amendments and then present a resolution to the board.
Hamilton County’s communications director, Andy Knapp, told commissioners on March 11 that state law changes require the county to reconvene a 9-1-1 planning committee and file a revised final plan, and he outlined the next steps for municipal review and board action.
Knapp said the county’s last formal final plan dated from 1986 and that technological and governance changes make an updated plan necessary. He described the Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) structure in Hamilton County, noting the county currently operates three PSAPs and that the University of Cincinnati has been designated a PSAP for campus calls. Knapp said the final plan will identify the planning committee and a technical committee, and that the plan will be circulated to municipalities for approval under Ohio Revised Code requirements.
Knapp outlined funding and workload distributions used in the plan: the county receives state wireless 9-1-1 funds that staff propose to distribute between the City of Cincinnati and Hamilton County based on call volume (a roughly 55% city / 45% county split in recent years). He said countywide 9-1-1 call volume last year totaled about 591,009 calls and that the state government-assistance fund provides roughly $3.1 million countywide. Knapp also said the county would submit the plan and accompanying notice to municipalities by March 1 under the revised ORC timetable and that, after the county signs the plan, it will be brought to the commissioners as a resolution within 60 days.
Commissioners asked for a few clarifications; Knapp said draft typographical errors (for example, Lincoln Heights dispatch listings) would be corrected before final circulation and that he would add contact information to the document. He also identified that Hamilton County has a representative on the state 9-1-1 steering committee.
Ending: Knapp said he expects to finalize the plan by the end of the week and will coordinate with the prosecutor’s office and municipal partners to secure the approvals needed for board action.
