The board discussed the remote work agreement, which the system’s director authorized earlier this month, at its meeting Tuesday night and the board presented written notice that it does not want this contract extended past its Dec. 31 expiration.
County takes next step towards transitioning emergency communications (MI)
Converting the county’s emergency radio communications systems to the Michigan Public Safety Communication System is anticipated to cost millions of dollars, but is necessary to bring Hillsdale County online with interoperability with surrounding jurisdictions.
Branch County is already in the process of transitioning to the 800 MHz band for emergency communications and should be online later this year.
When that’s completed, Hillsdale County will officially “sit on an island” by continuing the use of older UHF or analog communications systems which do not work well in some portions of Hillsdale County…
