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911 causes friction at commission meeting
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The heated discussion was at the commission meeting Monday.
Charles “Chuck” Wyckoff said he believed that Carter was trying to get rid of the present board members.
“It’s a slap in the face of the current board…and basically you’re firing us for doing a good job. I can’t see any purpose other than political.”
Carter countered that he was only trying to help the 911 board to complete 911 improvements, and more people on the board would help. He also asked that the 911 board look into hiring an office manager, which they had not done.
Wyckoff said the board did look into hiring a manager, but did not have enough money to do so. The commissioners would have to raise the telephone levies, which pay for the 9111 service, to raise the money for an office manager, he added.
Tabor said he would not ask county residents for any more money as long as he was a commissioner.
Wyckoff said the naming of roads and addressing in the county, which will improve the 911 service, was nearly complete, and the board wanted to stay in office until the addresses were assigned and road signs installed. The naming of roads and addressing will help emergency personnel find where emergencies are occurring. He said the project is expected to be done “in a couple of weeks.”
A decision was put off until next month.
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« feduptaxpayer wrote on Friday, Oct 30 at 09:30 PM »
I warned all you people when this was up for a vote of the people. Remember, I told you so. I said if the people vote to change the way the 911 system is being handled, IN LESS THAN 6 MONTHS THEY WOULD BE CRYING FOR MORE MONEY. You asked for it, well now you have got it. The voters should have known better. That is if the people's vote even counts.
« BLckdiamond wrote on Thursday, Oct 29 at 06:17 PM »
county goverment as a whole is a waste. the whole county should be ran like most towns and cities in oklahoma are ran, the county should be broken into more smaller areas with folks elected with no pay to form a board ,who hires a county manager. this manager would hire superintendents for each dept. (roads,court clerk, ect.) this would cost tax payers less and also would get better qualified folks running our county
« shakybearpaw wrote on Thursday, Oct 29 at 02:50 PM »
More people more problems. This guy along with the reat of the county commish are not going to rest until they everything screwed up. How in the heck is adding more people to a board going to help. This is going to cause friction. It's screwed up. These guys simply amaze me. Don't know if any of you have had the chance to visit the 911 office. The 911 call taker sat probably about 5 feet from the sheriffs dispatcher. This thing is a joke. Muldrow runs a very good system and I can understand why they don't want to get mixed up with this one. You don't need an office manager, and you sure as heck better not raise the fees.
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