HomeMy WebLinkAbout770494.tiff 4
T OFFICE OF WELD COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS
00 tot ELMER H. "Bud" REYNOLDS, D.ixectox
PHONE (303) 356-4000 EXT. 245
_ P.O. BOX 758
C. GREELEY, COLORADO 80631
COLORADO
September 28, 1977
TO: Board of Weld County Comm.Ldsionexb
FROM: Weld County Communications Advisory Board
SUBJECT: Peh.6onnel Pxablem6, discussed at September 27,
1977, Communications Advisory Baaxd Meeting.
The Weld County Communications AdvL oxy Board would like
to bring to the attention oL ,the Board of County Commis-
sionexs, theit feelings and evaluation of the (Veld County
Communications Centex.
In the last yeah, the pex4onnel twtnovex rate in the Com-
munications Centex has been 75%. The reason fah this, we
feet is pahtey due to the low weary paid the dispatchers
and PBX aperatoxs. As soon as these people cute fully
twined and qualified to do the job expected in an emelt-
gency operations center, they leave fon a better paying
job. Also, at the tow pay offen.ed applicants for dis-
patchem on PBX operators, they axe either college students,
who may be here fox a sham time, oh perhaps someone look-
ing fox only a supplementary job bah a shone period of
tUne.
Since Weld County Communications Center is an emergency
operations center, the Advisory Baaxd would like to see
it classified according to the demands and qualifications
of the job. The dispatchers and PBX operators axe ex-
pected to act with„utmost speed and accuracy in following
up on any cafes keittped, either from officers in the field,
ox citizens ,in need of an emergency service and in many
of these s.ituatLans peapte'A tLves cute at stake. They axe
xequixed to work different shifts to make it possible to
have the centeh. manned, 24 hoots pelt day, 7 days a week.
With these job demands in mind, we hope you wile see the
need fox quality and appropriate salary for pexeannel h%x-
ed by the Communications Centelt. •
It is the considered opinion of the Advisory Baaxd that
the Communications Centex .is understaffed normally, con-
sidering the amount of emexgenci:es they handle and this
.is even more pxom.i,nent at times when they have holidays,
vacations, ox personnel that cute ill. 770494
CM-O9°a
��,/L ?ye ` -kJ /V) /_
Page 2
Septembeh. 28, 1977
With the demand Son, being able to make a deci ion quickly
and the complicated Sanction oS dispatching the coot/teat
Site department, police oSSLee,t, ambulance, on. rescue
agency, the job is at times very tense. The dispatcheM
and operators mast be trained to do these SunctLons at ail
times. These .i a a gkeat need Sot Sund6 Sot sending these
dispatchen6 and ope'tatons to twining schools set up by
vanioub agencies.
The members oS the AdvLeov Boaad hope you will cone.idet
the above keason4 in budgeting Sands Soh the Communications
Cente.t, to enable them to have the quaZiSZed, and suSfi.Lc ient
pehsannel necessahy to petiiorm th,eix seay.ice to the county
agencies on the system.
Rellia "
Fo/L the Weld County Communications Advisory Barad
ERmet U. "Bud" Reynolds, Chairman
jma
Hello