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Submitted by the Board of Selectmen Explanation: This article will allow Commonwealth Electric the ability to install and maintain necessary equipment to house the Police firing range. Recommendation: The Finance Committee recommends approval. Motion made by Selectman Dinizio. Motion: I move the Town vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to grant an easement to Commonwealth Electric Company for the installation and maintenance of necessary poles and equipment on the Town-owned land located off Meetinghouse Road and shown on Mashpee Assessors Map 61, Lot 3, in order to service the Town of Mashpee Police firing range. Motion passes unanimously at 8:55 p.m. Article 18 To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds the sum of $35,069.33 to create the position of Public Safety Dispatcher Supervisor, with said funds to be apportioned as follows: $29,333 to the Public Safety Dispatcher Salary/Wage Account, $5,277 to the Employee Medical Insurance Account, $34 to the Group Insurance Account, and $425.33 to the Medicare Account, or take any other action relating thereto. Submitted by the Police Department Explanation: The necessity for creating this position is two-fold. Firstly, the public safety dispatch center needs the additional dispatcher position daily so there is not an over reliance on utilizing part-time dispatch personnel to fill scheduling vacancies which would be best filled by full-time dispatch personnel having a higher level of training, skill, and experience. Secondly, with the E-911 telephone system scheduled for implementation sometime in the Spring of 1995, it is important to have a dispatcher supervisor to liaison between the dispatch center and the police department sergeant and the fire department lieutenant. This liaison is important to ensure proper coordination of inter-department and inter-department police and fire operations, and a smooth and lasting transition into the E-911 and computer aided dispatch systems for the police and fire departments. Moreover, the new supervisor's position will assist the police and fire departments by helping to provide training and proper management of a highly technical communications and information system. In addition, the supervisory position will provide strong management controls which are needed for short and long term success of the E-911 and computer aided dispatch systems. Recommendation: The Finance Committee recommends approval. Motion made by Selectman Caffyn. 11