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Minutes of the Regular Meeting of Council <br />Monday, January 26, 2015 <br />Page 8 someone ca11s, it has to go through one center and then through us. Is there a loss of time in <br />there? Is the response time to the residents longer? <br />Chief Edelman stated, if you call from a cellphone right now, there is a time lapse. It has to go <br />to CECOMs first. They have to determine where you are and then they would notify Mayfield <br />Village to respond to your emergency. <br />Mr. Marrie stated, that part I understood. Let's say anyone in the Village calls from the house. <br />What is the comparison of time now? How much time would it take for them to call the County <br />one and then it has to go back to the Village? Is there a loss of time in there for the response <br />time? <br />Chief Edelman replied, the simple answer is no. If you call 1234 from a landline, it wouldn't <br />come back to Mayfield Village. It would be dispatched right there at the time you call. I have <br />representatives here tonight that i invited from CECOMs who may be able to answer <br />technological questions better than I can. Ms. Brandy Carney is the Manager of CECOMs and <br />Mr. DiCicco is the Manager of Chagrin Valley Dispatch. Brandy, can you give the insight to <br />that question? <br />Brandy stated, as the Chief said, specific to your question, if in fact you were to go with the <br />County, that landline call would then come directly to us. We would dispatch those services out. <br />There would not be a lapse. The reason for the lapse in the cellphones is because of the way the <br />cellphone towers are positioned throughout the County. Cellphone calls are required to go out <br />of CECOMs and then be dispatched. <br />Mr. Marrie stated, thank you. I guess chief, we as a Village are very very proud of the service <br />we give our residents. Mayfield Village is outstanding services not only in police and fire but in <br />a11 areas of administration to our residents. Most people that have called me have really voiced <br />the opinion they don't want to lose that personal or fast or outstanding service we have now. <br />There has to be a lot of explanation for us to understand exactly what this is going to entail. This <br />is a11 brand new to every one of us. <br />Chief Edelman replied, the Fire Chief and I will do everything we can to answer all of your <br />questions. <br />Mr. Marrie stated, I have no doubt you will. I have the greatest faith in both of you. People <br />want to feel safe and personal. <br />Council President Buckholtz stated, as Jeff Thomas mentioned to us before, he would like to see <br />us convene an IT Committee meeting very soon. We have some website issues to discuss. This <br />is really a telecommunications issue. We don't lose any of our services. This has nothing to do <br />with that. This is a telecommunications issue of routing phone calls. My suggestion would be <br />that we may start, depending on when we have that meeting, meeting more regularly and <br />including this technology conversation on the IT Committee. If we can, I would like to move <br />forward with the agenda. We have a lot of stuff to get through. Thank you everyone for coming.