Faulkner County
There has not been a final vote yet, but unofficially it appears the vote in Faulkner County will not be in favor of a subsidy. Jon and I met with the Liberty crews this morning to discuss our plans. The abbreviated version is;
The subsidy is needed to cover part of the year, so we will leave the Liberty crews as they are till sometime in March. By then we will have a better picture of the new MEMS Alert Campaign that is starting up. Should Faulkner County get enough new subscribers it may be that the subsidy request can be adjusted. If there are not enough new subscribers we will be forced to change Liberty to what we are calling a “Super 14”that is basically a 12 hour style shift with the crews working 14 hour shifts. We believe this will work in a ‘rural’ setting and not in a ‘metro’ setting. We have a few details to work out concerning pay etc.
Lonoke
Lonoke has not voted yet on a subsidy, we have notified them that we will be forced to discontinue services March 31 2008 if an agreement cannot be reached. We hope that this will not have to be the case, but by law we cannot provide services at a loss.
Maumelle, Conway, Cabot, Sherwood have all voted in favor of paying a subsidy to continue to have MEMS as their provider.
