Martz Electric will order and install six individual battery backups at Daviess County Central 911, as well as do the necessary electrical work for additional plug-ins. Martz Electric is an electrical contractor located in Bethany.
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The 911 board decided during their Nov. 14 meeting to fix the electrical issues in the 911 office after the recently installed battery backup system had a fatal failure in October. The cost of the failures was becoming cost prohibitive.
With no battery backup when the power fails, all electronics, except the 911 computers in the 911 office, lose power. Sudden loss of power is extremely hard on equipment, and nothing can be powered back on until the generator starts.
911 Supervisor Dana Carder spoke to other agencies who have moved away from the electrical system currently in use by Daviess County Central. Those agencies have gone to individual equipment battery backups, which are much more cost effective.
The board agreed to install the individual backup systems for each piece of necessary equipment — voice recorder; two Missouri Uniform Law Enforcement System (MULES) computers; two radio consoles; and two radio systems.
Discussion was also held on the need for additional plug-ins, since more equipment has been installed over the years. Also, the current number of plug-ins is not sufficient for the addition of individual battery backups.
The outdated and insufficient electrical panels are going to be replaced by the county.
Other items taken up by the 911 Board included a payment request of $282.60 for Dispatcher Jones’ health insurance payment, which was accepted by the board.
The employee health insurance rate has seen an increase of 3.5%. The necessary paperwork for renewal will be signed by the board.
Daviess County will opt back into the 911 sales tax. Central had previously opted out, but the law has since changed. Daviess County commissioners approved Order 2019-5 to Opt-In to the Prepaid Wireless Emergency Service Charge Fund at their Oct. 9 meeting.
At that same meeting of the county commissioners, Dana Carder and Gene Walker discussed the number of calls answered for the sheriff’s department in regard to MULES calls, and what value that amount of work has. Discussion was held, but no decision was made. Walker and Carder had met earlier in the year with the commissioners in regards to their decision not to “subsidize” Daviess County Central revenue in 2019. The 911 board argued that the money received in past years from Daviess County was not a subsidy, but was instead a reimbursement for services rendered.
Employees will be allowed to cash out up to 80 hours of available vacation in lieu of the Continuing Employment Incentive.
The September treasurer’s report was accepted with bills of $17,873.20, revenue of $47,026.31, and a checkbook balance of $97,004.33. The October treasurer’s report was accepted with bills of $5,548.76, revenue of $33,208.92, and a checkbook balance of $106,922.50. The November treasurer’s report of bills-to-date was accepted with bills of $6,213.74, revenue of $23,464.83, and a checkbook balance of $110,330.64 presented.
No meetings were held in September or October due to lack of a quorum.
The above are the unapproved minutes of the Nov. 14 meeting of Daviess County Central 911. Present were Gene Walker, John Sullenger, Daniel Wilson, Joyce Eads and Ronetta Burton. Absent were Kate Chrisman and Todd Watson. Also present was Supervisor Dana Carder and Phill Martz from Martz Electric.