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County approves up to $68,435 from Ambulance Fund to add Motorola console to Central Dispatch

Alpena County Finance Ways & Means Committee · November 12, 2025
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Summary

The Finance Ways & Means Committee recommended up to $68,435 from the Ambulance Fund to install an additional Motorola 7500 radio console in Central Dispatch to equip a fourth dispatch station; commissioners approved the allocation to bridge operations until a full system replacement expected around 2030.

Central Dispatch Director Kim Elkie told the Finance Ways & Means Committee on Nov. 12 that the department had acquired three Motorola 7500 radio consoles used from Roscommon — two earmarked as backups and one intended for installation at a fourth dispatch station.

Elkie said the consoles are interim equipment and that a full radio console system…

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