Council considers emergency dispatch project
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RONAN – The Ronan City Council received a letter asking if they would approve of a the 911 system being developed into a separate stand-alone entity.
“We support a study to find out more information about this,” said council member Cal Hardy.
The letter was from the 911 Committee. Lake County Commissioner Bill Barron, who is involved with reestablishing the committee, said in a phone interview that the committee has been inactive for several years, and many community members want to see it reestablished.
“The county is required to have a 911 Committee,” said Steve Stanley, who is also involved in reorganizing the committee. He explained that the county needs to have a committee because the public is charged for 911 services. As the committee regroups, they are looking for possible projects and community input.
“This isn’t against the Sheriff’s office,” Baron said. “We just want to know if this is something that the community is interested in doing.”
The Sheriff’s Department currently oversees the dispatch system for emergency calls throughout the county for ambulance service, fire departments and law enforcement.
“It’s a multi-agency center,” Stanley said.
The committee will be made up of representatives from all emergency response teams to provide guidance and help set policy for the 911 system. The committee will be further established and ready to meet with emergency personnel in January 2016.
In other council news, an undeveloped subdivision located at the end of town about three blocks north of the Mormon Church behind True Value was annexed into town. The subdivision is about three blocks long and two blocks wide. It was approved for development in 2008, but work stalled when the economy went into a slump.
“They wanted to be able to get city water and sewer so they can work on development,” Hardy said, adding that the board still has to approve additional building plans.
