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The Stephens County Board of Commissioners approved a motion designating 911 Emergency Telecommunication Officers as First Responders.
According to Stephens County Administrator Phyllis Ayers the designation will allow the county to allocate COVID-19 relief funds to pay the salaries of the 911 dispatchers.
“The reason this is needed is because we’ve got two COVID-19 Relief Fund reimbursement programs going on,” Ayers said. “You’ve got one from FEMA that Danielle has been taking the charge on, and then we got the Governor’s CARES portal…
