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Both the Ottumwa City Council and Wapello County Board of Supervisors will receive a presentation for a new computer-aided dispatch (CAD) system that would tie in all the county’s emergency personnel together.
County emergency manager Tim Richmond, Ottumwa Police Department chief Chad Farrington and Wapello County Sheriff Don Phillips will make a presentation to the supervisors Tuesday morning, then later to the city council.
The system will offer an overhaul of the current system, which is at least 20 years old. Both the city and county have expressed the possibility of using American Rescue Plan funds to share in the cost, which would be about $500,000…
