Delaware County Commissioners Meeting - November 5, 2026b

The Delaware County Commissioners’ 2027 budget hearings, identified in the meeting title as November 5, 2026 (recording metadata: November 6), included presentations from County EMS and the 911/communications division. EMS proposed a 3.18% budget increase, or 1.74% excluding personnel and Community Resource Unit costs expected to be covered by opioid settlement funds. Its 2027 requests include staffing Medic 12 at the Tri Township station in Brown Township, replacing two ambulances and an ATV, and purchasing related equipment such as power-load systems, radios, and a responder rehabilitation tent. Officials discussed the expected response-time benefits and the goal of dispatching the closest ambulance through automatic vehicle location (AVL); not all participating departments have enabled AVL. The EMS presentation also reported increased insurance revenue, but no procurement vote or contract award was recorded in this portion of the meeting.

The 911/communications division described completed radio-system and console upgrades and planned 2027 spending, including approximately $25,000 for radio-tower inspections, a Motorola budgetary estimate of $280,000 for radio-network connectivity redundancy, and $45,000 for a Tyler server migration. It also budgeted $210,000 for translation and transcription software and proposed implementing AI-assisted quality-assurance software for call review; no amount for that software was stated. Other priorities include next-generation 911 migration, tower-site equipment replacement, and ongoing radio maintenance. The division noted that wireless-fee and other government assistance funds are restricted to eligible 911 costs. No motions, votes, or contract awards are identified in the transcript.