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Allendale council highlights dispatch consolidation with Ramsey, says launch set for March 16
Summary
A staff presenter told the Allendale mayor and council that a shared-service dispatch contract with Ramsey will launch March 16, citing long-running feasibility work, estimated equipment upgrade costs of $500,000–$700,000, and plans to retain dispatch staff under Ramsey employment.
A staff member told the Allendale mayor and council on March 12 that the borough’s planned consolidation of emergency dispatch with the Ramsey dispatch center will begin next Monday, March 16.
The presenter said feasibility work on shared dispatch dates back to 2011 and resumed with equipment-upgrade estimates in 2024. “The overall costs would have been somewhere in a ballpark of $500 to $700,000,” the staff member said, and added that the borough’s yearly cost of running a local communications desk, including salaries and benefits, had been about $350,000.
The presenter…
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