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Page 4 <br /> Board of Selectmen <br /> Minutes <br /> May 8, 1995 <br /> COMMUNICATION AND CORRESPoNDE�TCE: { <br /> Position R <br /> Waterways Assistant - Part-Time Clerk in Town Clerk's office: <br /> Motion made by Selectman Costa to place the Position <br /> Vacancy Request on the Board's agenda,, <br /> Motion seconded by Selectman Mills. <br /> VOTE: Unanimous. 5-0. <br /> Motion made by Selectman Costa to approve the Position <br /> Vacancy Request of; <br /> Waterways Assistant and Part-Time Clerk in the Town <br /> Clerk's Office for advertisement as requested. <br /> Motion seconded by Selectman Caffyn. <br /> VOTE: Unanimous. 5-0. <br /> 1 Di i n• <br /> At the request of Michael Barry,James Circle Mashpee,the Board <br /> agreed to reconsider the proposal put forth by the Barnstable County <br /> Sheriff s office regarding Call Taking for the pending E-911 service. <br /> Mr. Barry addressed his concerns as presented in a memo dated <br /> May 8, 1995. (enclosed) <br /> Mr. Barry requested the Board further review the E-911 changes that have <br /> taken place over the past two years as it pertains to the financial aspect of <br /> telecommunication equipment and staffing requirements related <br /> to the E-911 system. <br /> Ralph Swenson,Director of Communications,Barnstable County <br /> Sheriffs office guaranteed that the service will be provided to the Town of <br /> Mashpee at no additional cost. He noted that at this time,the Sheriffs <br /> Department is financially solvent to support this endeavor. <br /> In the regional E-911 program, the Cape towns of Falmouth,Mashpee, <br /> Harwich and Chatham will have their 911 calls answered at the County's <br /> Communication Center in the Town of Barnstable. Eleven towns of the <br /> fifteen Cpae towns have a-911. The four towns in the regional E-911 <br /> program do not have a-911 to date. <br /> Mr. Barry indicated that calls would be better answered by a Town <br /> Dispatcher than at the County level. He stated that the Dispatchers are <br /> well trained and qualified noting that the Dispatch Center has state of the <br /> art equipment to adequately respond to emergency calls. <br />