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Clay County and city split 911 costs; commissioners assign surcharge funds for equipment
Summary
The county heard a detailed 2026 budget presentation from 911 Communications Director Ryan Anderson, approved assigning a portion of 911 surcharge revenue to equipment savings, and confirmed the county will resume an annual radio maintenance agreement that adds about $29,000 to the budget.
Clay County's 911 Communications director outlined the 2026 budget implications for the county and the joint dispatch center, telling the commission the 911 budget is shared between the county and the city and that the county will resume paying an annual radio-system maintenance agreement of about $29,000.
"That was $29,000 a year," Ryan Anderson said of the radio maintenance contract during his presentation. Anderson said the fee buys priority response, software updates and on-call service from the system vendor.
Anderson told the commission the dispatch budget is split between a…
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