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Commissioners approve EMS ‘bridal station’ alerting system, pay initial cost from opioid settlement fund
Summary
The board voted to substitute and approve a resolution funding a $294,000 EMS 'bridal station' alerting system from the county’s opioid settlement fund (Fund 284), with ongoing maintenance charged to the 911 operating budget; commissioners said the system supports non‑opioid directives for patients.
The Livingston County Board of Commissioners on Dec. 15 approved an amended purchase and installation contract for an EMS alerting system — described in the meeting as a "bridal station" alerting system — and agreed to pay the system’s initial capital cost from the county’s opioid settlement fund.
Commissioner Nakagiri moved to substitute the original resolution with language that pays the $294,000 initial system cost from Fund 284 (the opioid settlement fund) and charges the roughly $26,000 annual maintenance to the 911 dispatch operating budget. The motion to substitute passed by voice vote and the amended resolution was then approved by roll call.
In presenting the substitution, Commissioner Nakagiri said the system enables encrypted transmission of private health information from 911 dispatch to first responders so that paramedics are notified if a caller has a "non‑opioid directive" — a patient request to avoid opioid medications. "So the new resolution... pay for that initial $294,000 out of the opioid fund, fund 284... and the maintenance agreement would become out of the operating budget for 911 dispatch," he said.
Supporters framed the purchase as consistent with efforts to reduce opioid prescribing and to ensure first responders have timely patient information. No public speaker during the meeting opposed the measure; commissioners voted unanimously to adopt the amended resolution.
The resolution authorizes the county to enter the purchase, installation and maintenance contract for the system and assigns maintenance funding responsibility to Central Dispatch going forward.
Next steps: county staff will finalize contract documents and coordinate payment from Fund 284; ongoing maintenance will be budgeted within the 911 operating fund.
