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Alpena County 911 director urges renewal of $3-per-device fee ahead of May special election
Summary
Alpena County Central Dispatch Director Kim Elie told the city council the county is asking voters in a May 5 special election to renew a $3-per-device local 911 charge, saying the charge funds salaries, training and technical redundancy and that a lapse could cause a funding gap starting Jan. 1.
Kim Elie, director of Alpena County Central Dispatch, told the Alpena City Council on April 6 that the county is asking voters to renew the local $3-per-device 911 “search charge” in a special election scheduled for May 5.
Elie said the local charge is the primary source of dispatch operations funding — covering dispatcher salaries, benefits, training, equipment and redundancy systems — and that state rules restrict search-charge dollars to 911-related uses. “That $3 a month on each of those devices does help us continue funding 911,” Elie said, adding that the department keeps a separate 911 fund and…
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