Supervisor Dana Carder told the board members of Daviess County Central 9-1-1 at their regular meeting on April 29 that she had spoken with Jim Spoden concerning Quick Avenue. Spoden is the addressing coordinator of Geo-Comm, the mapping system in use by Daviess County Central.
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Quick Avenue runs east off of Hwy. O to Landmark Manufacturing. The bridge is out on Quick Avenue going that direction and has been for many years. Apparently truck drivers on their way to Landmark don’t know that and are getting stuck or lost as a result of inaccurate driving directions from GPS systems.
Representative Casey Guernsey had contacted 9-1-1 about the road name and it was discussed by the board at their March meeting. Mr. Guernsey suggested that the name of the road be changed for that portion. The board decided to not rename the road.
Returning to that issue at the April meeting, Mr. Spoden said that changing only a portion of Quick Avenue to another name would offer a temporary fix at best. It would only work until the mapping companies added the new road name to their databases.
He explained that mapping companies are in frequent contact with companies similar to Geo-Comm for road updates. The directions provided by those companies would direct drivers to use the same old route. The directions would not be altered simply because a portion of the road had a name change. Maps would still show Quick Avenue going through the entire county and simply attach it to the newly named road.
In other businesses, the board decided to have the meeting time remain at 7 p.m.
Belshe, Sullenger and Bradford will be signatories on the 9-1-1 checking account.
Urton asked for an update on the pending civil case and was advised the interrogatories had been sent to the plaintiff’s attorney.
Bradford asked if there were enough employees to work during a severe storm or tornado. He was told there were generally two dispatchers at work during the day and evening shift.
The treasurer’s report was accepted with bills of $10,169.04, revenue of $18,367.45, CD interest of $13,390.22 and a checkbook balance of $15,266.44 presented.
An exit letter from Mark Richards expressing appreciation for being a board member and good wishes for the new members was read.
The oath of office was given to John Sullenger, Gene Walker, Sandy Ward and Todd Watson by Board Secretary Dana Carder.
Gene Walker was nominated as vice-president and John Sullenger as treasurer.
These are the minutes of the Daviess County Central 9-1-1 regular meeting on April 29. Present were Larry Belshe, John Sullenger, Gene Walker, Alan Bradford and Dana Urton. Also present were newly elected board members Sandy Ward and Todd Watson. Dispatchers Jones, Sterneker and Supervisor Carder also attended the meeting.
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At the regular meeting held on May 27, the board was advised that the next CD matured on May 31 in the amount of $53,308.44. It was cashed on June 1.
The board agreed to purchase a new radio system for $40,701.20 from Midwest Mobile Radio as an upgrade to the current system. Prepayment of the maintenance contract will be discussed at the next meeting.
The board was provided copies of information from Jill Frost, attorney, and Meadowbrook Insurance concerning the civil litigation.
There will be a MULES audit on June 29.
Present were Belshe, Bradford, Watson and Ward. Absent were Sullenger, Urton and Walker. Also present were dispatchers Barlow and Jones and Supervisor Carder.