Fulton County commissioners approve 911 training contract, payment-system switch, fuel and construction contracts; set detour speed and adopt personnel changes

Fulton County commissioners on Aug. 18 approved several operational contracts and administrative changes, including a three-year training subscription for emergency communications, a new public payments vendor, fuel-price and LP contracts, and a county personnel policy update that ends the existing "seven-minute rounding" practice.

The action items were part of a broader consent and business agenda the board — Commissioners John, Travis and Dave — considered at the regular meeting. Commissioners voted unanimously on the major contract approvals and on a local-road agreement and detour-speed decision tied to an October road closure for a State Road 17 culvert replacement.

The most immediate operational approval was for a web-based 9-1-1 training and skills lab subscription from Priority Dispatch. Britney, a county emergency communications employee, described the product as "basically just like taking a live 9-1-1 phone call and inputting information into ProQA on all 3 disciplines," and said it provides scored call simulations and reporting to guide training and remedial assignments. She told the board the service costs "6,000 a year" and that the vendor had offered an initial discount: "they gave us a gift of $1,500. So the first year is 45" (as stated in the meeting transcript). After brief discussion the board made and carried a motion to accept the quote and give Britney permission to sign the contract; the motion passed 3-0. The board directed that a copy be provided to the auditor's office for the county record.

Also on contracts, the board approved a switch in the county's online payment processing from Forte to "Auto Agent / Manissapay" (transcript language). The county official seeking approval said the change offers customers phone payment options, Apple Pay and Google Pay, and would require replacing two credit-card terminals at an estimated $199 each. The board moved, seconded and unanimously approved giving Jennifer permission to…