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Commissioners draft policy for road-name changes, seek GIS and 9‑1‑1 coordination
Summary
The commission directed staff to draft a road-name change policy that accounts for timelines, GIS updates, emergency-services notifications and 9‑1‑1 addressing; GIS staff explained the upload process and likely five‑minute state update after upload.
County staff raised recurring requests to change road names and the commission agreed to create a formal policy describing the process, timeline and responsibilities. Staff emphasized the importance of coordinating updates with GIS, the road department, fire/EMS and the state address database, because name changes affect 9‑1‑1 addressing and emergency response.
A GIS representative described the technical side: once the county updates and uploads the change, state systems can reflect it quickly (she estimated about five minutes in a ready system), but the overall workflow must include notification to the road department and emergency responders. Commissioners discussed whether to set an internal timeline (two weeks to one month) to complete a change and to require staff to notify impacted departments when a change is uploaded. No final policy was adopted at the meeting; staff were asked to draft a written procedure for future consideration.
