Officials to name new 911 director

The new director is expected to start work in four to five weeks.
By ED RUNYAN
VINDICATOR TRUMBULL STAFF
WARREN -- It's taken two rounds of applicants dating back to late 2005 and weeks of negotiations with the final candidate, but Trumbull County is close to having a new 911 director.
Today, county commissioners are expected to hire Michael Dolhancryk of Norwalk, Conn. He is expected to start the position within four to five weeks, depending on the notice he has to give his present employer, said County Administrator Tony Carson Jr.
In July 2005, commissioners fired Tim Gladis, who was 911 director. Assistant 911 Director Karen Davies has been filling in since then and has said she did not want to be considered for the position.
Carson said the Mercer Group, the headhunter company the county paid to find candidates for the county, negotiated a tentative agreement with Dolhancryk, including his salary.
But final details of that contract still need to be finalized, Carson said, adding that the salary range worked out and advertised for the job is between $51,578 and $72,246 a year, depending on experience.
Commissioners conducted two interviews with Dolhancryk in late May, and the Mercer Group has been in negotiations with him since then, Carson said.
Since August 2004, Dolhancryk has been director of combined dispatch and emergency preparedness in Norwalk, Conn., where he oversaw the consolidation of police, fire and emergency medical services dispatching into a single center, according to his r & eacute;sum & eacute;.
When reached by telephone Tuesday, Dolhancryk said he would not make any comment on the new position until after he had spoken with his present employer about it.
Dolhancryk, whose family is in the Cincinnati area, received a bachelor's degree in social studies from Youngstown State University in 1978.
Other business
In other action, commissioners are expected to approve an agreement with Sprint subsidiary Tellmagine, Inc. to extend a lease for an additional year for the dispatching equipment used in the 911 center and the four other call centers in the county.
The original lease cost the county $11,000 per month, but for one year the equipment will cost $4,140 per month. After that, the county will buy the equipment for $1. In addition to the 911 center, the county provides equipment to the call centers in Lordstown, Newton Falls, Girard and Warren at no cost.
Commissioners also are expected to approve construction of the East Central Bazetta sanitary sewer project. Sanitary Engineer Gary Newbrough said based on comments made by affected property owners at a public hearing June 20 and from written comments, 79.3 percent of affected homeowners are in favor.
Newbrough said he is reporting a lower percentage now than he did just after the hearing because he is counting yes votes from only those who said they were in favor of the project in writing or at the hearing and counting the other property owners as a no vote. Previously he had added yes votes from anyone who did not respond.
The $2.2-million project would install sanitary sewers for 150 property owners on parts of eight streets near state Route 305, McCleary-Jacoby Road and state Route 46.