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Court signs assignment to move automatic-vehicle-location license from dispatch to EMS
Summary
Oldham County agreed to sign an assignment moving an AVL mapping interface license off central dispatch’s master bill and onto Oldham County EMS, shifting recurring costs (about $4,700/year) to EMS.
The Fiscal Court signed an assignment May 5 that transfers an automatic-vehicle-location (AVL) mapping-interface license from Oldham County Central Dispatch to Oldham County EMS, moving recurring charges onto the EMS account.
Greg Beck, Central Dispatch director, explained the AVL module allows dispatchers to see the real-time location of ambulances and thereby select the closest available unit for a call. "This AVL stands for automatic vehicle locator," Beck said. "It allows our CAD to take information from equipment in each of the nine ambulances and bring that information to the CAD and allows us to have that ambulance on our map."
Beck said the license portion being reassigned is one of several interfaces added since the department first implemented the CAD system; the form asked the judge to attest to the assignment so EMS will assume the annual fee. Beck said the recurring cost for the mapping/AVL interface is about $4,700 per year.
Magistrates asked about the retroactive dates on the original contract paperwork and whether the county had already signed the underlying contract; staff explained the assignment reflects a historical contract that changed corporate ownership (Zucker to Central Square) and removes the AVL billing from central dispatch to EMS.
The court moved and approved the assignment by voice vote.
