Mahoning commissioners approve 911 consolidation plan
YOUNGSTOWN
The Mahoning County commissioners have approved a resolution establishing a regional council of governments for consolidation of 911 emergency dispatching operations of the county with those of Austintown and Boardman townships.
Under the agreement, also approved Monday by Boardman Township trustees, the county will close its 911 answering point in the county administration building in downtown Youngstown, and Austintown and Boardman will absorb up to six county dispatchers each into their dispatching centers.
The county now has 12 emergency dispatchers, six of whom will go to Boardman, five to Austintown and one to a civilian job in the sheriff’s office, Sheriff Jerry Greene said.
The move will reduce from nine to eight the number of 911 answering points in the county.
Commissioners also enacted a related resolution to buy law-enforcement communications equipment through the state purchasing program and enter into a 10-year communication-system lease agreement with Motorola Solutions Inc.
Read more about the plan in Friday's Vindicator or on Vindy.com.