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Richland County gets PSAP grant; radio tower project moves toward December testing and January cutover

Richland County Public Safety Standing Committee · November 13, 2025

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Summary

The committee heard that the county received a PSAP award tied to NG9-1-1 planning, and project staff reported civil work nearing completion, microwave shipment delays from GenComm, planned December network configuration and testing, a target of a fully working system by Dec. 31, and a cutover scheduled in January.

County project staff and sheriff's office representatives briefed the committee on NG9-1-1 and radio infrastructure updates, reporting both a PSAP grant award and progress on a new county radio tower.

Sheriff staff confirmed the county had received a PSAP grant award and was beginning planning work. "We got an award on just the PSAP," the sheriff said, and staff indicated some dispatch furniture and related items are being purchased or installed with grant proceeds.

Project staff (Speaker 8) gave a timeline for the tower site: civil work is expected to finish in the next couple of weeks, GenComm has experienced shipment delays for microwave equipment, and the plan is to install antennas and microwaves as soon as shipments arrive. Staff outlined a sequence of work: January cutover after a December period of programming and agency radio reconfiguration, with the first two weeks of December used for network configuration and December 15 for system testing planning; the goal is a fully working system by Dec. 31 and cutover work in January.

A dollar amount was read aloud in the meeting that may relate to a state award: the figure, as spoken, was "$69,762 and 18," which appears in the transcript and may reflect $69,762.18; the committee did not provide a formal award letter in the meeting record and staff said some shipments remain outstanding.

Committee members discussed which channels the county would be placed on for interim testing and noted possible FCC approval delays could affect use of some new channels. No formal committee vote was required for the update; staff were asked to continue coordinating installation, programming, and testing before the cutover.