Friday, February 6, 2004
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Friday, February 6, 2004 |
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County settles 911 situation with Senoia By JOHN THOMPSON After several years of deadlines and ultimatums, it appears the city of Senoia and Coweta County have settled their squabble over use of the 911 system. The County Commission announced Tuesday it had reached an agreement with the city to handle their administrative call through the county’s 911 system. But in return, the city will have to fork over nearly $50,000 to help pay for the four dispatchers to handle the call volume. The county is also looking for Grantville to sign on to the agreement, but Grantville officials are still looking over the final details of the agreement. Senoia Mayor Robert Hannah was at Tuesday morning’s meeting and expressed gratitude with the county. “It’s been a pleasure working with (county administrator) Theron Gay and we’re willing to do what it takes to solve this,” Hannah said. The controversy had swirled for the last few years because the county’s smaller cities had been using the 911 system for making administrative calls, such as running tag checks. But as the county has grown, the County Commission has maintained that 911 should only be used for real emergency calls. The cities have balked because of the huge costs associated in starting their own dispatch service, but Tuesday’s deal with Senoia will help split the costs among the cities and the county. “We’re hopeful that Grantville will sign on,” said Gay.
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