tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4087256805680013672.post3966173291439672898..comments2023-09-30T04:47:47.475-04:00Comments on STARK COUNTY POLITICAL REPORT: DISCUSSION: A PUBLIC SERVICE FROM ALLIANCE TO THE BENEFIT OF ALL STARK COUNTIANS?Martin Olsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15795894229375940645noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4087256805680013672.post-81660080908275133192009-01-07T23:30:00.000-05:002009-01-07T23:30:00.000-05:00Who are the 911 administrators? Oh, that would be ...Who are the 911 administrators? Oh, that would be the Commissioners.... How do you vet a contractor? Are you kidding me? Have you called 911 lately or have you heard of the GeoCom report? This sounds like a personal issue to me. Go Bosley!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4087256805680013672.post-40754417968176837182009-01-04T20:40:00.000-05:002009-01-04T20:40:00.000-05:00I'm still waiting for the 911 Administrators to pr...I'm still waiting for the 911 Administrators to prove that we need to fix the system. I think Bosley is just trying to fix his(CenCom) dispatching center, because it is still having issues stemming from the cost over-runs, mis-management, and contractor issues during construction. Bosley says the trustees, which he was one at the time, took the contractors to court for those issues, but didn't the trustees hire them in the first place? Didn't they have to "vet" the contractors? Several firefighters I know work for departments who have CenCom and they complain about the dispatchers and the system constantly. Bosley ran on this for two years, but it has taken him two more years to bring it up. What's the real motive to "solving" the supposed 911 problem?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4087256805680013672.post-77689785176502733602009-01-04T20:22:00.000-05:002009-01-04T20:22:00.000-05:00Watch out, as well, for who they put in place to m...Watch out, as well, for who they put in place to manage the building, transfer, and training of the new centers. With the grant to pay for the salary and other costs, the administrators of this county have a habit of using "free" money to put either brothers/sisters, friends, aunts/uncles, fathers/mothers, etc. to mis-manage these offices. Who will it be?!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4087256805680013672.post-75343104195860963932009-01-04T13:37:00.000-05:002009-01-04T13:37:00.000-05:00The Alliance news is actually a very positive disc...The Alliance news is actually a very positive discovery. It can benefit everyone concerned, except perhaps those dispatchers who are not sufficiently trained or have no intention of becoming trained within the period before these new hirings will occur. It should factor favorably in this central dispatching process under one condition of course. That condition is that those responsible for hiring these new 911 central dispatchers handle the hiring process as most mergers and acquisitions would be handled. That is make it mandatory that all dispatchers submit to an application/resume/interview process for these newly created dispatching positions. If medical qualifications are as important as everyone is saying here then why would we expect anything less of these new dispatchers? Just make sure they are medically qualified as the current Alliance dispatchers are. This should allow the Alliance dispatchers to almost instantly qualify for these new positions, right? I think it is too presumptuous for us to say that this one issue is enough to scuttle the concept of a successful implementation of 911 central dispatching. However, it is an issue that needs to be addressed promptly and directly.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4087256805680013672.post-76866725912468959832009-01-04T12:49:00.000-05:002009-01-04T12:49:00.000-05:00You're "astonished"? Oh my, I will maintain that ...You're "astonished"? Oh my, I will maintain that you will be even more astonished with the 9-1-1 system revamping as time goes on. There was a huge, politically motivated, rush to put the sales tax in place and their revamping plan is very suspect and incomplete as well. Watch for major cost over runs, ineffectiveness, and blatant mismanagement of this system.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4087256805680013672.post-30621418174697686212009-01-04T09:54:00.000-05:002009-01-04T09:54:00.000-05:00Medical training was and is part of the discussion...Medical training was and is part of the discussion of 911. This subject is nothing new to those that have been involved from the beginning of all of this. Giving all dispatchers medical training has been part of the plan all along!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com