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Board creates emergency communications fund after public raises 911 and Brown Act concerns
Summary
The Trinity County Board established a dedicated emergency communications fund after public speakers raised urgent 911/repeater failures and concerns about staff conduct and open-government practices. The board approved a $180,000 state grant and a FY25–26 budget adjustment to support a part-time manager for the project.
The Trinity County Board of Supervisors voted on Jan. 6 to establish a dedicated special fund for an emergency communications system and approved a FY25''26 budget adjustment to accept a state grant and seed local work to repair aging radio and repeater infrastructure.
County Administrative Officer Brent Tuthill told the board staff have contracted an initial assessment of the full emergency-communications system and that a team will begin that evaluation next week. Sheriff Tim Saxon reiterated that the county's 911 and radio paging system is tied to the statewide OES structure and described intermittently failing repeaters and paging equipment.
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