Keeping up with the local news. There is some discussion on moving dispatch out of Escanaba Public Safety and into Delta County's domain. From a strategic perspective this makes sense as a time to make any changes with new communications upgrades to minimize disrupting normal operations (learning and adjustment time). A lot of other great information on budgets, maintenance, etc... In positive light, transient slip rentals are up and that means tourism is likely up as well. Post Covid it should go up even more as people look for fun recreational areas where they can enjoy the outdoors (See Delta County Digital Nomads Land). Perhaps there is a way to make city/county revenue and in turn use a sustainable practices to ensure some of that money moves directly into improving recreation and recreational facilities so the assets (and potential income) of the area has more value (See SME Adventure Venture-Capitalism Tourism).
I have some a little practical knowledge in regional dispatch logistics. There are lots of working parts and it takes time to build the competencies to get really good at it. There is time, training, retention, benefits, stress, insurance, facilities and much more. Dispatcher turnover can sometimes be high which means management costs likely run in the budget red from year to year (Depends on their budgeting method). Its not an easy business and unless you are going to provide services for a much larger population its hard to maintain slim profit margins based on per employee cost (See Economies of Scale). Another possible strategy might want be to outsourcing dispatch to a new/existing third party/entity to create greater protections in liability and cost overrun (Likely will need budget caps).
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