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Board accepts $150,000 state grant for sheriff’s office NG911 upgrade
Summary
Supervisors accepted a $150,000 state grant to help the sheriff’s office replace analog 9-1-1 infrastructure with an IP-based Next Generation 9-1-1 system; no local match was required.
The Gloucester County Board of Supervisors on Oct. 7 accepted a $150,000 state grant for the sheriff’s office to support a Next Generation 9-1-1 (NG911) upgrade that will move legacy analog emergency communications to an IP-based network.
Deputy county administrator Maria Calloway told the board the grant requires no local match and will fund equipment and work to transition emergency dispatch infrastructure to NG911, which is designed to improve call-routing, data-handling and resiliency for emergency communications. The resolution appropriating the grant appears in the meeting packet and the board voted to accept the award.
The motion to accept the grant passed on a recorded voice vote with supervisors voting in favor; staff indicated the funding will be incorporated into the sheriff’s office capital and operations plan and that no county cash match is required.
Board members thanked staff for securing the award and officials said the grant-supported work will proceed through the sheriff’s office and county purchasing processes.
