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Floyd County to move Dispatch oversight into Emergency Management
Summary
The Emergency Management Commission approved Jason Webster to oversee the Dispatch Department and the Board of Supervisors moved to transition oversight responsibilities to Emergency Management.
County boards voted March 9 to move oversight of the Dispatch Department to the Emergency Management Commission and to place operational oversight with Emergency Management Coordinator Jason Webster. The Emergency Management Commission approved Webster overseeing Dispatch (motion carried 7-0); the Board of Supervisors approved transitioning Webster’s duties to include Dispatch oversight (motion carried 3-0).
Board members framed the change as part of consolidating emergency communications functions under one administrative umbrella. The motions recorded in the meeting minutes formalize the transfer of supervisory responsibility for Dispatch from the Board of Supervisors to Emergency Management.
