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Commissioner Gordon asked if the response times for the southern part of County are similar. Jim Groves said the response times are better down in the southern part of the County because of co-location. Commissioner Gordon asked Jim Groves what he thought are the two most important things that have been done this year, and what are the two most important things to see going forward. Jim Groves said last year the co-location with the fire departments was the most important thing that happened. He said settling in on the new automated dispatch of the CAD was the most important progress with the 911 system. He said moving forward, the most important priority is the continued professionalism, leadership and training of staff. Tony Blake asked if staff is going to implement text to 911. Jim Groves said yes. He said this is a topic at the next board meeting. He said the implementation will be slow as staff makes sure to have a good outreach program that teaches people how to properly use this. Jeff Borland arrived at 7:41 pm. Dan Jones asked how Orange County's salaries for telecommunicators compare to the surrounding market. Jim Groves said Orange County is slightly lower than the surrounding areas. He said there has been discussion about addressing this. Dan Jones asked if it is it time to do a market study on the salaries for telecommunicators. He said it does not pay for Orange County to train these folks and then have them leave for higher pay in surrounding areas. Commissioner McKee said he was confused, like Commissioner porosin, on the volume of calls listed on the PowerPoint slides. He said it would be helpful to differentiate the terminology to clarify this. Commissioner porosin said it would also be good if staff could disaggregate the calls to designate the number and type of non-emergency calls, as well as the calls that require an ambulance. � Update on Coveraqe for Insurance Issues (Remaininq Areas Outside Six (6) Road Miles Jason Shepherd, Orange County Fire Marshall said there are still several districts that contain class 10 homes that are outside of the 5 mile district. He said these departments will be speaking tonight. Pete Hallenbeck, Eno Fire Department Deputy Chief, said he has identified all of the parcels that are class 10. He said it will be necessary to have three service districts or work with three departments. He said real estate needs to be given to Cedar Grove, Orange Rural and Orange Grove. He said contact needs to be made with the citizens on Shade Tree Lane, as this road is impassable. He said that area needs to be covered by Orange Rural fire but the road must first be made passable. He said last year there were 96 parcels that were class 10, and by the end of this effort this will be reduced to 6 parcels. He said these 6 remaining parcels are too far to be served by any department. Bill Waddell, Board of Directors President of Orange Grove Fire Department, said the district has two sets of properties that are beyond six miles. The first is 11 buildings off of New Hope Road, and these are within 5 miles of Orange Rural, and they will be contacting Orange