Paulding County E-911 facility Construction ahead of schedule
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Paulding commissioners voted to approve a Bid award to Dispatch Products for E-911 consoles not to exceed $135,000 and also approved an intergovernmental contract through the Georgia Department of Corrections (GDOC) to purchase furniture for the new facility for $88,000. Both the BID award and the other agenda item were passed by a vote of 5-0 during the board’s afternoon session.
The facility was currently targeted to transition into its new location at the site at 1389 Industrial Blvd in Dallas, by spring of next year.
E-911 Director David Mumford gave an update on the construction of the new E-911 headquarters, which broke ground in March after approval by the BoC late last year. Mumford addressed Paulding commissioners during their morning session.
“The project is ahead of schedule and under budget,” Mumford said. Price tag for the new facility, paid out of SPLOST and E-911 fees, was estimated during the design process to be in the $2 million range.
Mumford said that despite one bid in excess of $275,000 to furnish the building, the $88,000 bid accepted from the GDOC will outfit the entire building.
“It includes custom-built conference tables for the emergency operation center (EOC), [and] delivery and installation is to be done with inmate help,” Mumford said.
Paulding’s current facility has been operating at capacity for some time now, Mumford told the board back in July. The new building has been designed to have additional storage space and options for more operators.
“We have 8 positions now and we’re moving to 13,” Mumford said. All utilities are installed or are nearly completed, HVAC units are in place, interior walls are framed and sheetrock is going in, exterior is nearing completion, remaining concrete pads being poured, parking lots will be paved, and he’s currently working with vendors on the transition, Mumford told Paulding commissioners during their November morning session.
The actual move-in date in April or May of next year from the current location is not yet planned, Mumford said, but added that it will most likely take place over the course of only one day. An upgrading of the computer-aided dispatch (CAD) system to Next Generation is to be moved over to the new facility and an updated emergency dispatch medical protocol will standardize “how we ask questions and how we dispatch” Mumford told the board in July. Mumford also told Paulding commissioners in the November session that the upgraded phone system will have an offsite back-up housed at the Watson Complex in the event that staff were forced to abandon the main facility.
“I can honestly say that we’re moving into something state-of- the- art; with the equipment that we already have and recent upgrades that we’ve done, along with the new stuff we have coming into the building,” Mumford said.