The Catskill Chronicle

SULLIVAN COUNTY, NY (May 9, 2013) – Sullivan County Acting Manager Joshua A. Potosek announced that the Commissioner of the New York State Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services yesterday announced $7 million in funding to several counties for costs associated with Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) consolidation, improvements and enhancements, including nearly $799,000 to Sullivan County.

“I am pleased for the County to have been awarded this grant in order to improve our 911 Operations. I would also like to acknowledge all of our staff involved as Sullivan County was one of only eleven counties to have been awarded this funding,” said Potosek.

“We continue to work with our partners in the New York State Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services to assist us with our Radio Interoperability upgrade thus far,” said Dick Martinkovic, Commissioner of Public Safety.

“This is a great day for all citizens of Sullivan County since these services are available to all. This New York State grant of $799,000 will go a long way to bringing our 911 phone system into the 21^st Century, and has been possible by all the hard work of county employees in many, many departments, including Public Safety, E911, Grants Administration and County Management,” said Legislator Cora Edwards, Chair of the Public Safety Committee. “We are delivering on our promise to create safer communities.”

Sullivan County will work closely with the program office at the NYS Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services to receive additional administrative guidance and in order to ensure that these funds are provided as quickly as possible.