I am participating in a workgroup formed with McKean County PA, Potter County PA and Allegany County. Cattaraugus County was invited but was unrepresented at our organizational Zoom meeting. The two primary goals of this workgroup are: 1) share road and address data, 2) edit current data sets to ‘edge match for no gaps, and no overlaps’. The result will be more efficient dispatch during mutual aid events and/or calls near our boarders. Also, these data sets are a necessity for the national implementation of NG911.
As you remember, we decided to hold address correction letters during the initial weeks of the COVID-19 crisis. We did this since it would be difficult for people to update their records due to closures / reduced access to the offices and agencies they would need to contact. By the time offices were open and people had become accustomed to navigating the challenges of business during COVID-19 we became concerned about the proximity to the 2020 General Election. Changing / updating one’s address so close to an election could have negatively affected mail in ballots and/or voter’s registrations so we continued to hold the notices. The queued letters will be sent on or about Wednesday, November 4, 2020
Russ Hall
