County Commissioners Okay GIS GrNt
 | Author:
Nancy Marks
Nancy Marks: MT43 News Secretary and News Editor |
County Commissioners Okay GIS Grant Nancy Marks Broadwater County Commissioners approved a task order Monday to apply for the Montana Land Information Act grant to update Broadwater County’s 911 services to comply with the federal guidelines for emergency services.
The Montana State Library Geographic Information Systems (GIS) department notified all Montana counties about the availability of the grant.
The task order for administration fees of $920 will be used to hire Great West Engineering of Helena to write a grant which will allow Broadwater County Sheriff’s department dispatch to get emergency information out to the County Road Department and the County Sanitarian.
The grant application was presented to the commissioners by Community Development and Planning Assistant Tacy Swanton who will implement the program. The cost of the task order will be split between the sheriff’s office and the Planning Dept.
Great West Engineering has been working with Meagher County government in updating their emergency services communication services. The project will be using Geographic Information systems (GIS) on the Broadwater County Apps to include all existing and new structure points as well as new subdivision and county roads.
If the federally funded grant is received and the plan is implemented, the new system will be available to the public. It will connect to all cell phones in Broadwater County and to other dispatch centers in surrounding counties. “The Sheriff’s office dispatchers will have immediate and real time communication,” Swanton said. The grant application is due Feb.15.
