Vermont Business Magazine A day after the Shumlin Administration said that the E911 board issued a false statement concerning E911 service, administration officials met today with the Chair and Vice Chair of the E911 Board as well as the Commissioner and Deputy Commissioner of Public Safety to discuss budgetary issues around 911 service raised by the Board and the Department yesterday. Participants in the meeting included Secretary of Administration Justin Johnson, Chief of Staff Darren Springer, Finance Commissioner Andy Pallito, E911 Board Chair Gary Taylor, E911 Vice Chair Roger Marcoux, Public Safety Commissioner Keith Flynn, and Deputy Commissioner Joe Flynn. The group collectively agreed to a further deliberative process before pursuing any changes to 911 service.
E911 Board Chair Gary Taylor and Vice Chair Roger Marcoux, and Secretary Johnson and Commissioner Flynn issued the following joint statement:
“We want the public to know we are committed to working together to resolve any lingering budgetary or policy differences. Most importantly, everyone should know that regardless of any disagreements on policy, when you dial 911 you will have a dedicated state or local official on the other end of the line ready to respond. That is what we have today and we are committed to ensuring that continues to be the case going forward.”
The board had stated that it would "not be continuing to participate in the statewide 911 call taking system,” to which the administration said no decision had been made on the emergency service or its funding.