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Commissioners authorize dispatch security upgrades, review sheriff's transition plans
Summary
The board approved several public-safety expenditures including an EPS secure-access installation for 911 dispatch ($17,299.99) and a Motorola change order; the sheriff outlined transition steps to a new dispatch location and a June 1 target vacating the Annex.
Sheriff Whiteford updated the committee on transition steps to a new dispatch location, reporting a temporary battery incident at Dispatch and planning an open house; he said the target date to vacate the Annex is June 1, 2025 and emphasized storm preparedness after a near-miss weather event.
The committee approved multiple public-safety expenditures: a Motorola change order to replace the TRACS Accident interface with a Premises and HazMat module, and an EPS Agreement to install secure access in the newly renovated 911 Central Dispatch for $17,299.99 from CWIF Fund 445-000-977.000 (the BOC had previously approved $17,000.99 in Feb. 2025). The committee also approved a Bissell Pet Foundation grant agreement and directed staff to return final Empiric surveillance quote amounts at the next meeting.
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