KALAMAZOO (WKZO AM/FM) — A vote to fund 9-1-1 Consolidation got an endorsement last night from several Kalamazoo City Commissioners and several speakers in the audience.
9-1-1 Director Jeff Troyer says combining the five different dispatch centers into one modern facility will save money and more important, save lives.
He says their current system relies on copper wires and is about to become obsolete. It will be less expensive to buy one new system instead of five.
Mayor Bobby Hopewell says during the response for the pile-up on I-94, the Uber shooter and the bike tragedy, the current set up caused communications issues.
The vote to raise the current surcharge on your phone bill from 42-cents to $2.30 will appear on the May 2nd ballot.
