FARMINGTON — Franklin County commissioners voted unanimously Tuesday to buy a new dispatch radio console with four dispatch stations and to have it installed at the Regional Communications Center. Half the money will come out of the county’s undesignated fund and the other half will come from the tax-increment financing agreement the county has for […]
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Commission to get price on dispatch console
FARMINGTON — Franklin County commissioners have agreed to let the county’s communications director get a price on a new dispatch console that will factor in cash payment. Communications Director Stan Wheeler asked commissioners to revisit the issue of getting a new dispatch console for the regional communications center. The console manages radio communications. Commissioners postponed buying a […]
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Franklin County communications director, advisory panel to amend bylaws
FARMINGTON — Members of the Franklin County Regional Communications Advisory Board and communications center Director Stan Wheeler will work together to amend the center’s bylaws to specify the board’s role and related matters. They will also add a detailed process of how a disagreement should be resolved and on the direction emergency communications in the […]
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Deputy register of deeds named in Franklin County
FARMINGTON – Susan Black, register of deeds for Franklin County, told county commissioners Monday that she named Marlene Bradley of Industry as her deputy. Bradley fills a position left vacant when former Deputy Register of Deeds Lisa Dalrymple died in August. Bradley was formerly the secretary for the department. Deborah Barrera of Farmington was also […]
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Franklin County postpones decision on buying new dispatch console
FARMINGTON — Franklin County commissioners voiced concerns Sept. 1 about changing a plan to improve emergency radio communications that was presented and approved by the county Budget Advisory Committee. County Commission Chairman Gary McGrane of Jay said he was not in favor the plan to buy a new dispatch console with four dispatch positions this […]
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Franklin County commissioners OK more money for communications
FARMINGTON — Franklin County commissioners voted unanimously Wednesday to add $73,200 to the communications budget to improve emergency radio communications in the county. It brought the proposed communications budget up to $915,480. The proposed $5.8 million spending package for 2015-16 includes a 3.5 percent pay raise for nonunion employees. Some union employees received more than […]
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Franklin County looking at costs to dispatch for Livermore Falls
FARMINGTON — Franklin County commissioners gave the director of the county communications center the go-ahead Tuesday to get information on the cost to provide dispatch services to Livermore Falls in Androscoggin County. However, they also told Director Stan Wheeler that improving dispatching communications in Franklin County needs to be his No. 1 priority. Wheeler agreed. […]
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Franklin County communications director shares study results
FARMINGTON — Stan Wheeler, director of Franklin County’s communication center, told commissioners Tuesday that the county does not have a solid and stable backbone for its communications system. It needs to be remedied, he said. Wheeler gave commissioners the highlights of a preliminary study on the state of emergency dispatching services and where the county […]
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Three Franklin County emergency dispatchers recognized
FARMINGTON — Three Franklin County dispatchers were recognized Tuesday during a County Commission meeting for displaying the highest level of professionalism and expertise while doing their jobs. Stan Wheeler, director of the Franklin County Regional Communications Center, named Kyle Ellis of Wilton as the 2014 Dispatcher of the Year. He “has the amazing ability to […]
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Franklin County approves TIF money for communications study
FARMINGTON — Franklin County commissioners agreed Tuesday to use $5,000 from the county’s tax-increment financing district’s emergency communications fund toward a comprehensive communications study, if the county receives a federal grant. Tim Hardy, director of the county’s Emergency Management Agency, said the county has applied for a regional grant of $69,386.57 through the Department of […]