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View from new 911 Center top floor is an added bonus Judge Melton receives word that $225,000 for purchase, renovation of Old Icehouse will be here around August 15, 2007. Location has grand visibility. South Central Design already in process of re-design, getting engineer to thoroughly check soundness of structure. System will tie in with soon-to-be installed " Black Box" at Post 15. So far, building and location is proving to be just what the Enhanced 911 Center needed--and will improve downtown Columbia, Judge says. By Ed Waggener Governor Ernie Fletcher's Government Office for Local Development has notified Adair County Judge Ann Melton that a $225,000 grant will be made to Adair County for the purchase and renovation of the Old Wilkerson Ice House on North High Street in Columbia for use as an enhanced 911 Dispatch Center. The money will be coming from the Department for Local Government, Judge Melton said. She was notified this week by acting GOLD Commissioner Colleen Chaney that the grant money will be here sometime around August 15. "I'm so thankful to Governor Fletcher, Commissioner Steve Robertson, Acting Commissioner Colleen Chaney, and to Senator Vernie McGaha for helping make this badly needed project a reality," she said. Judge Melton is practically ecstatic about the possibilities the new building offers, many of which became evident only after the site was decided on within the limits of what the state could fund. "Just for starters," she said, "where else could we have gotten a dispatching center with ample parking for the center without using any of the valuable Square spaces, with approximately 7,000 square feet of space, and a vantage point for the dispatchers where they can see so many of the county's strategic buildings?" She said that the dispatchers who will be moving to the new center couldn't be happier. They will be able to see the Adair County Regional Jail, the courthouse annex, the courthouse, the Adair County Fire Department, the new Adair Justice Center and City Hall, and much of Lindsey Wilson College from their new operations center on the top floor. Benton Fudge at work on design, now Judge Melton is already working with Benton Fudge, South Central Design, in Columbia, KY, to do the renovation layout. "The building appears to be very sound, she said, "but Benton will have an engineer look at it to be totally sure." "I wanted the building to be a real asset to downtown, and to blend in with the Historic District as much as possible. I had thought that the balcony would have to go," she said, "but the dispatchers all say that no matter what we do to the building, the balcony needs to stay." One of the downsides of the present 911 center in the Adair County Regional Jail is lack of a view and the absence of a place to enjoy fresh air. "They all want to be able to step onto the balcony just to be outside," Judge Melton said. The office of 911 Coordinator Mary Allender will be in the building. Her office, along a lobby area and conference rooms, will be on the main or middle floor, at the level of the platform in the front of the building. Assistant Coordinator Justin Bailey will also be stationed on the middle floor. Justin Claywell's office on top floor Headed Dispatcher Justin Claywell's office will be on the top floor of the building. The top floor with accommondate three dispatcher's stations, two of which will be staffed 7/24/365. The third would be used in case of an emergy. Along with two restrooms and locker space on the top floor, there will be a kitchenette for the dispatchers to prepare light meals during their 12 hour shifts. The dispatching staff includes 12 people, total. Full-time dispatchers are Claywell and James Absher, Lee Ann Roy, Jean Corbin, Billy Nobles, and Robin Slater. The six part-time dispatchers are Brock Scholl, Claudia Osborne, John Arnold, Derrick Murphy, Chad Bivens, and John Conover. Judge hopes office for Greg Thomas in building Judge Melton is hoping that a permanent office for Adair County Emergency Disaster Management Coordinator Greg Thomas, who is also head of the new Adair County Search & Rescue (SAR) can be in the building, as well, though that was not part of the original plans. In times of major disasters, Coordinator Thomas will set up an Emergency Operations Center (EOC) in the basement floor of the building. Judge Melton is hoping that, along with the ad hoc centers, Coordinator Thomas can be provided a permanent office. Most of the high tech equipment will be in the baement, along the mechanical room. New center will tie into new KSP Post 15 Black Box Adair County's telephone system will tie into the new "Black Box" soon to be installed at Kentucky State Police Post 15 in Columbia. Judge Melton said that not only will the county have better emergency and police communications service, but that the new technology with the "Black Box" will mean reduced phone bills overall. The new technology will give Adair County reverse 911 capabillities, with automated systems being able to notify everyone in a disaster threatened area, in a matter of a few minutes, she said. The overall cost of the Enhanced 911 center will be in the $600-750,000 range, Judge Melton estimated, with most of the rest of the money coming through Homeland Security. There will be some cost to Adair County local government, she said, but that will be minor in proportion to the center's overall value.Judge Melton said the building will be one the county can be proud of, saying, "After it is gutted and refurbished, it will be just like a new building." Related site: Adair County This story was posted on 2007-06-22 11:59:13
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