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Log inAroostook County officials weigh E-911 options
Aroostook County officials weigh E-911 options
by Outspoken on Wed Nov 19, 2008 7:12 am
Aroostook County officials weigh E-911 options
By Jen Lynds
Staff Writer Bangor Daily News
HOULTON, Maine — A proposal that, if passed, would have the Penobscot Regional Communications Center or another such entity answer E-911 calls originating from The County is still being considered by county officials, Aroostook County Administrator Doug Beaulieu said Tuesday.
A recommendation by the finance committee to budget just under $190,000 for emergency call services in 2009-10 has been accepted by county officials.
Aroostook County commissioners began considering the move earlier this fall after the Maine Department of Public Safety proposed a 60 percent increase in the rates charged for answering and dispatching services beginning in fiscal year 2010.
The proposed increase is before the Maine Public Utilities Commission.
At this point, the county pays $190,000 for Public Safety Answering Point services, Beaulieu said. The Houlton Regional Communications Center on U.S. Route 1 fields all emergency calls and then dispatches the correct emergency responder.
If the rate increase is approved, Aroostook County could pay $302,000 or more, Beaulieu said Tuesday.
Beaulieu said The County’s finance committee had recommended budgeting $189,768 for PSAP services in 2009-10, and that officials had accepted that suggestion.
“In the budget, the [County] finance committee has recommended that we appropriate $189,768 for that line item,” Beaulieu said. “So what they basically said to us is that if the current service provider cannot meet that, we have to shop around and find a provider that can.”
http://www.bangordailynews.com/detail/93565.html
By Jen Lynds
Staff Writer Bangor Daily News
HOULTON, Maine — A proposal that, if passed, would have the Penobscot Regional Communications Center or another such entity answer E-911 calls originating from The County is still being considered by county officials, Aroostook County Administrator Doug Beaulieu said Tuesday.
A recommendation by the finance committee to budget just under $190,000 for emergency call services in 2009-10 has been accepted by county officials.
Aroostook County commissioners began considering the move earlier this fall after the Maine Department of Public Safety proposed a 60 percent increase in the rates charged for answering and dispatching services beginning in fiscal year 2010.
The proposed increase is before the Maine Public Utilities Commission.
At this point, the county pays $190,000 for Public Safety Answering Point services, Beaulieu said. The Houlton Regional Communications Center on U.S. Route 1 fields all emergency calls and then dispatches the correct emergency responder.
If the rate increase is approved, Aroostook County could pay $302,000 or more, Beaulieu said Tuesday.
Beaulieu said The County’s finance committee had recommended budgeting $189,768 for PSAP services in 2009-10, and that officials had accepted that suggestion.
“In the budget, the [County] finance committee has recommended that we appropriate $189,768 for that line item,” Beaulieu said. “So what they basically said to us is that if the current service provider cannot meet that, we have to shop around and find a provider that can.”
http://www.bangordailynews.com/detail/93565.html
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