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COUNTY DO ITS PART IN FUNDING THIS PROGRAM. MS. MEGELIN STATED <br />SOME PEOPLE ARE IN FAVOR OF A TAX INCREASE IF IT WOULD BRING THE 911 <br />SYSTEM TO THIS AREA. SHE THEN REQUESTED THE BOARD TO HAVE A <br />COMMITTEE APPOINTED TO STUDY EMERGENCY NUMBER 911 FOR PROPER IMPLE- <br />MENTATION. <br />DISCUSSION ENSUED REGARDING THE COST PER MONTH TO IMPLEMENT <br />THIS SYSTEM. AN INTERESTED CITIZEN CITED AN EXAMPLE OF A SHERIFF'S <br />DEPARTMENT AND A POLICE DEPARTMENT IN THE SAME COMMUNITY SPLITTING <br />THE MONTHLY COST OF $2,400 FOR THIS PROGRAM. <br />COMMISSIONER WODTKE THOUGHT THE FIGURE OF $2,400 A MONTH <br />WOULD BE THE UTILITY OPERATION COST, BUT WOULD NOT INCLUDE THE <br />SALARIES OF THE PERSONNEL INVOLVED. <br />COMMISSIONER LYONS WAS IN FAVOR OF THE BOARD TAKING ANOTHER <br />LOOK AT THIS SYSTEM, AND HE DID NOT THINK THIS IS THE KIND OF PROGRAM <br />THAT SHOULD BE FUNDED BY THE STATE OR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, <br />CHAIRMAN SIEBERT FELT THAT HAVING A COMMITTEE STUDY IT <br />FURTHER WAS A GOOD IDEA, BUT IN HIS CONVERSATIONS WITH SEVERAL LOCAL <br />PEOPLE, THEY WERE NOT SURE THEY WOULD LIKE TO PAY $100,000 FOR THIS <br />PROGRAM. <br />SYSTEM. <br />DISCUSSION FOLLOWED REGARDING POTENTIAL FUNDING OF THE <br />COMMISSIONER LOY FELT THE BOARD SHOULD AUTHORIZE A COMMITTEE <br />TO GET THE CURRENT INFORMATION FOR IMPLEMENTING THIS PROGRAM, SHE <br />ADDED THAT THE REACTION YOU GET ON THE STREET AND FROM NEIGHBORS <br />REGARDING AN ADDITIONAL TAX IS NOT THE RESPONSE THE BOARD MEMBERS <br />HEAR - MOST PEOPLE DO NOT WANT THEIR TAXES INCREASED► <br />MS. MEGELIN SUGGESTED, WITH THE ELECTION COMING UP IN THE <br />FALL, PUTTING THIS ITEM ON THE BALLOT TO GET THE PUBLIC`S RESPONSE. <br />COMMISSIONER Loy SUGGESTED THAT THEY THINK SERIOUSLY <br />ABOUT PUTTING IT ON THE BALLOT AS IT MIGHT BE THE BEST WAY TO KILL <br />THE PROGRAM, AND CHAIRMAN SIEBERT ALSO AGREED. <br />MQ'TION WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER Loy, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER <br />DEESON, THAT THE BOARD RESPOND TO THE PILOT CLUB, AUTHORIZE AN EMERGENCY <br />NUMBER 911 COMMITTEE WITH THE RESPONSIBILITY OF BRINGING THE PLAN UP <br />TO DATE, AND RETURNING TO THE BOARD WITH THE CURRENT INFORMATION. <br />19 <br />MAY 7 �0 80bK 4 SAGE 4: : <br />