Cole County Commission approves contract for emergency communications study
Ryan Shiner
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)
The Cole County Commission on Tuesday unanimously approved a contract for a strategic assessment study of emergency communications.
The consulting contract with TUSA will cost $29,725. A packet from the county shows TUSA have assisted agencies in Jasper, Grundy, Johnson, Christian, Jackson, Platte, Clay, Gentry and Newton counties as well as the University of Missouri-Kansas City, North Kansas City Pleasant Valley, Raytown, Riverside, Independence, Kansas City, Lexington, Liberty, Gladstone and Grandview.
TUSA will evaluate whether Cole County EMS Emergency Communications Center can “feasibly assume dispatch services for the County Sheriff,” the packet says.
The study is expected to help the county get a better idea on expenses, which includes money paid to Jefferson City. The study is expected to last 145 project hours at an hourly rate of $205.