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Thomas County governmental agencies, imple- mented a SPLOST-funded 800 MHz digital radio system. This mutual radio system facilitates coor- dinated emergency communication among all police, fire, and other emergency personnel ensuring reliable and swift communication when seconds matter.With this county-wide system, we improved our emergency response capabilities and eliminated investments in separate advanced communications technologies. In the utilities operations, we began deployment


of an automatedmeter reading system to read electric meters remotely via radio. When com- pleted, meter readers will no longer walk resi- dence to residence. This effort was focused first in the City’s outlying service area tomaximize fuel and personnel cost savings. We also began offering telephone service to


commercial customers in the last 15 months. This new service offering, provided over the same network as Rose.Net, CNS TV, and resi- dential telephone service, provides the commer- cial community with an alternative telephone service at very competitive rates.


our municipal government undertook a number of initiatives in 2009 tomaximize efficiencies and leverage existing re-


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