Clayton County 800 MHz Funding
Yes, we all know Clayton County has some major budget issues, more so than other agencies throughout our State, but I hear there may be grant assistance for interoperable communications through the Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI), Assistance to Firefighters Grants and other Homeland Security Grants through GEMA. If the correct people are involved and the right justifications are written then it is possible for the majority of the funding needed to purchase an 800 MHz System for Clayton County to use without Clayton County having to spend much money at all, if any. With Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson Airport being located in Clayton County and the cities of Forest Park, Jonesboro, Lake City, Morrow and Riverdale all being on different Systems it wouldn't take much to justify expanding the existing UASI - Atlanta 800 MHz P25 System into these areas. This could be done if the right players are involved, funding from various grant sources are pooled and elected officials from these different jurisdictions agree to pay a monthly fee per radio on the system to maintain the radio system infrastructure, but you all know if it is done this way Motorola would be the only vendor equipment could be purchased from, at least on the infrastructure side.
All I can say at this point is this will be a very interesting thing to watch to see what happens!
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