FARMINGTON – Commissioners moved again to table a contingency plan proposed for the Franklin County Regional Communications Center at a meeting Thursday morning, as well as reversing a previous decision and opting in to federal paid leave associated with the COVID-19 pandemic.
The contingency plan developed by dispatchers would, once activated, split the center’s staff into two, four-person teams each of which would stay at the center for two weeks at a time. Dispatchers proposed the contingency out of concerns for a workforce they said is limited: seven dispatchers filling eight shifts, as well as three trainees… READ MORE
