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Hall County 911 system upgrades continue with nearly $10 million in approved funding
Commissioners OK revenue from special sales tax
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Communications officers Chelsea Wallace and Pamela Taylor work at their desks Friday at the Hall County 911 Center. The next improvements to the emergency 911 system will be improving the radio network, which will consist of updating transmission sites, among other projects. - photo by Erin O. Smith
The Hall County Board of Commissioners on Thursday OK’d spending $9.5 million from special purpose local option sales tax revenues to complete the next phase of overhauling the emergency 911 system. The previous network was outdated, officials said, and discontinued parts had to be used to stretch the lifespan of the network. The new phone system, which officials describe as the “heart of the network,” went online late last year following renovations to the call center.