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IONIA — Ionia County is bringing in an experienced candidate to serve as its next director of Central Dispatch.

The Ionia County Board of Commissioners voted 6-0 Tuesday, July 13, to hire Lance Langdon as the next leader of its emergency response center. Langdon formerly served in the same position in Ingham County before retiring and most recently worked in retail as an assistant manager.

“We interviewed three people and unanimously decided that Lance Langdon was the person for the job,” District Two Commissioner Larry Tiejema said Tuesday. “He has a number of years of experience as a 911 director of Ingham County. He helped to consolidate a number of 911s into one unified 911.” …