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County Leaders Discuss 911 Options

County Leaders Discuss 911 Options
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By Adam Morton
Nov. 30, 2015 | PADUCAH, KY
By Adam Morton Nov. 30, 2015 | 07:33 PM | PADUCAH, KY
On Monday evening, McCracken County Judge Executive Bob Leeper met with other county officials to discuss a proposal  that would outsource the county's 911 service to the Kentucky State Police.

The workshop meeting allowed  Leeper and other county officials  to get answers from representatives of the Kentucky State Police.

Captain Janet Barnett said, "What this would mean would be if someone from McCracken County called 911, the call would  go to  the State Police post in Mayfield, as opposed to it going to the dispatch center here in Paducah." 

Barnett also stated that there are several other counties in the area where KSP has taken over 911, including Lyon and Graves. The ultimate goal is to save the county and tax payers money. As the number of landlines continues to fall, many counties are struggling to keep up the funding to operate a 911 center efficiently.

In a recent ruling the Kentucky State Supreme court said that counties could place a forty-five dollar service charge to residential and commercial buildings, and that fee could be a part of the upgraded services.

"We're trying to keep our fees as low as possible. There are gong to be  fee increases coming to do the upgrades of 911 the people want and people expect  with the modern technology. It's going to cost money and there's going to be some fee increases coming. We're trying to minimize those; make sure whatever we ask the citizens to pay that is the least we can charge them and still get a good quality service," said Judge Leeper.

Leeper also noted that the final number of cost was not given at this time, and that there are multiple figures that could come in to play. Some of those include $16,000 to upgrade the recorder  and over 500,000 to upgrade the console.

No date has been set to vote on the proposal. If accepted, the process would take two years to complete.

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