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PSAP board weighs Innovation grant, possible $120K daily-budget cuts and 90% CAD/GIS labor coverage
Summary
Staff presented potential 2026 budget amendments tied to a possible Innovation grant that could shift roughly $120,000 in operating costs and move $53,000 to a grant account; members discussed tracking GIS labor for 2027 CAD/GIS grant eligibility and staffing needs for night shifts.
Quaderer presented the PSAP’s options for the 2026 budget and outlined how an Innovation grant could change how the center’s operating costs are handled.
She said roughly $120,000 of daily PSAP costs — including Land Records, eDispatches, Genasys mass notification, and Virtual Academy line items — could be removed from the daily operating budget if the Innovation grant is received, and that an additional $53,000 (the 10% local match for a PSAP grant) could be reallocated into account 242 for grant accounting. Quaderer also noted the 2027 PSAP grant guidance allows labor related to CAD/GIS mapping to be grant-eligible, with up to 90% of such labor covered and a 10% local match.
Dan Grady, the Ashland County administrator, questioned whether it was necessary to reopen cost-share discussions if the Innovation grant determines funding but said he wanted clarity on numbers; in the minutes he is recorded as saying costs were “set in stone” if the Innovation grant applied. Bayfield County Administrator Mark Abeles-Allison and others stressed the importance of tracking labor and usage while consolidation continues; Abeles-Allison also noted Ashland has provided up to $50,000 of work so far that has not been reimbursed.
Separately, Quaderer presented May call statistics and staffing guidance: call volumes are trending later in the day for summer months and call durations are expected to increase in August–September because of Emergency Medical Dispatch post-dispatch instructions. She said three dispatchers scheduled at night should be considered a minimum for the consolidated two-county center; the minutes note state and federal recommendations are for two dispatchers per county in rural PSAPs.
Quaderer agreed to provide an annual report and meet with both county administrators before the July PSAP meeting to refine cost-share numbers and labor tracking for grant reimbursement. The board did not adopt a final budget at the meeting.
