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Public Safety committee greenlights emergency‑communications contracts; sheriff reports fewer overdoses and rising jail population
Summary
The Public Safety committee approved multiple resolutions to upgrade emergency notifications, lease tower space, and install microwave links; the sheriff reported March staffing and response metrics and said overdoses and overdose deaths declined from 2024 to 2025.
Greene County's Public Safety committee approved a slate of measures to upgrade emergency communications and heard a multi‑part report from public‑safety staff and the sheriff's office about recent calls, training and overdose trends.
Public‑safety staff opened with March activity data: "EMS calls 644, fire 174, police 1,789, unknown 573, total 3,180," and inbound 9‑1‑1 calls of 3,225, with mutual‑aid EMS of 70 and fire mutual aid of three. Staff then presented six resolutions on the agenda, which the committee advanced by voice vote.
Key communications items included Resolution No. 4 to contract with Aloft Corporation/HyperReach technology to replace the county's reverse‑911 system; staff said the vendor offers improved mapping and field alerting. The committee also approved an agreement to lease tower and ground space with Mid Hudson Fiber to integrate line‑of‑sight connectivity for a Livingston tower and to connect that site into the county radio system as a cost‑effective alternative to building a new tower.
Procurement details were discussed: a low bid for a microwave backhaul system came from "Caveat US" (Texas) at $252,940; installation pricing from New Comco was cited at $114,700. Staff said microwave links provide a wireless method for tower‑to‑tower communication in rural areas when fiber is unavailable, and that some costs will be covered with interoperability and NextG grant funds.
The committee also authorized advertising an RFP for inspection, repair and maintenance of two tower sites (Town of Hunter and Town of Windom) and sought bids for a clean‑agent suppression system and fire‑rated door for the county 9‑1‑1 call‑center server room.
The sheriff's report noted enforcement and corrections statistics: 35 arrests, four DWI arrests, 546 calls for service, 538 traffic stops and a jail population increase from 35 to 42 during March. The sheriff's office also noted a decline in overdoses and overdose fatalities (from 78 overdoses and eight fatalities in 2024 to 67 overdoses and four fatalities in 2025) and described ongoing training and planning for large summer events that could require additional manpower.
All resolutions presented in public safety were approved by voice vote and recorded in the transcript as 'carried.' Staff and the committee discussed follow‑up steps for installations, funding sources and scheduling vendor work.
