BY KRISTI REED
The Barrow County Board of Commissioners has unanimously approved the purchase of a new E-911 phone system.
The Barrow County Board of Commissioners meets at the Barrow County Administration Building, 233 East Broad Street in Winder.
UPDATED: Barrow to purchase new E-911 system
The system, provided by InterAct Public Safety Systems, will replace the outdated phone system currently in use.
The Zetron 3200 E-911 system is compatible with the county’s computer aided dispatch (CAD) system and the current mapping program. It will also integrate with any radio system the county purchases in the future.
The new system will cost $228,200, including installation and the first year of maintenance. Maintenance charges for the first five years of use will be fixed at $13,500.
Barrow County Communications Director Kathy Wallace said the life expectancy of the new system is between five and ten years.
In other business, the board:
• approved two board initiated rezones to correct inadvertent errors on the Barrow County official zoning map. The rezones will correct the map to reflect the outcome of previous zoning cases for property located at 529 Patrick Mill Road and 602 Kennedy Sells Road. Both are zoned C3.
• approved a request by Debra Fulcher to split 2.4 acres located at 1255 Foster Road into two tracts.
• approved a special use permit requested by applicant Joy Murray. The permit will allow Murray to open a personal care home at 294 Tanners Bridge Road in Bethlehem.
• approved the nomination of Truman Phillips to the water authority.
• approved the nomination of Shadie Thompson to the library board.
• announced that Winder community television station WCTV24 will begin airing the Barrow County Board of Commissioners meetings this Friday at 8 p.m. The meetings will be broadcast each night.
The Zetron 3200 E-911 system is compatible with the county’s computer aided dispatch (CAD) system and the current mapping program. It will also integrate with any radio system the county purchases in the future.
The new system will cost $228,200, including installation and the first year of maintenance. Maintenance charges for the first five years of use will be fixed at $13,500.
Barrow County Communications Director Kathy Wallace said the life expectancy of the new system is between five and ten years.
In other business, the board:
• approved two board initiated rezones to correct inadvertent errors on the Barrow County official zoning map. The rezones will correct the map to reflect the outcome of previous zoning cases for property located at 529 Patrick Mill Road and 602 Kennedy Sells Road. Both are zoned C3.
• approved a request by Debra Fulcher to split 2.4 acres located at 1255 Foster Road into two tracts.
• approved a special use permit requested by applicant Joy Murray. The permit will allow Murray to open a personal care home at 294 Tanners Bridge Road in Bethlehem.
• approved the nomination of Truman Phillips to the water authority.
• approved the nomination of Shadie Thompson to the library board.
• announced that Winder community television station WCTV24 will begin airing the Barrow County Board of Commissioners meetings this Friday at 8 p.m. The meetings will be broadcast each night.
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