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Tompkins COG signals consensus to explore countywide 9-1-1 addressing; municipalities cite need to fix legacy numbering
Summary
Council members agreed by consensus to ask county staff to explore a countywide addressing system after emergency responders said success would require unanimous municipal buy-in and authority to correct legacy addressing problems.
Representatives at the Tompkins County Council of Governments meeting on May 22 signaled a consensus to pursue further study of a countywide 9-1-1 addressing system, with municipal officials emphasizing the need to resolve duplicate and out-of-sequence address numbering first.
Mark Whitmer relayed that Department of Emergency Response staff described two conditions for a countywide addressing system: "unanimous buy in from the municipalities" and the county’s ability "to fix addressing issues," such as misnumbered or duplicate…
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