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Cleburne County 911 director warns upgrade costs rising as state grant remains on hold
Summary
The county’s emergency communications director reported roughly 26,000 calls through Nov. 30 and described a vendor-recommended move from a shared hosted system to a standalone 911 call-taking system. A state grant to cover equipment is on hold after the state examiner questioned the board’s use of cost-recovery funds.
At a joint meeting of Cleburne County’s Prepaid Emergency Communications District, the district director (Speaker 5) reported that the center processed "approximately 26,000 calls" through Nov. 30 and said staff had applied for an Emergency Management Performance Grant (EMPG) to cover equipment upgrades.
The director told commissioners and district board members the vendor that services the shared hosted call-taking system recommended a return to a standalone system because of connectivity issues affecting Cleburne. She said the vendor recommended the change after several other districts were placed on a shared host and that the vendor has raised…
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