Wilson County budget staff and emergency services discussed and the committee approved participation in a statewide radio upgrade program that will equip all licensed ambulance services and primary dispatch centers with interoperable radios, officials said.

County speakers said the state program will buy radios and install equipment that allows county ambulances and dispatch to communicate statewide on VHF, UHF and 800 MHz bands. A county presenter said the projected county line in the packet totals $196,718 for radios for the county’s ambulances and the primary dispatch center plus a five‑year warranty; the money is paid by the state but must be set up on the county accounting system to receive the grant funds.

“It's the same system that all the state system is on,” a county speaker said. Presenters noted licensed ambulance services in Tennessee — including municipal providers — are eligible for the state radios and that hospitals participating in the state system will also be able to communicate on the network.

Committee members voted to accept and set up the grant account so the state can place the funds; the motion carried on a voice vote recorded in the transcript. No roll‑call tally was recorded.

County staff said the radios are tri‑band digital units that can switch between UHF, VHF and 800‑MHz systems to enable inter‑county and statewide communication during mutual‑aid events.