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From: motcid!horwath@uunet.uu.net (George Horwath)
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Subject: 911 Referendum in Norridge, IL
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Date: 13 Mar 91 16:23:22 GMT
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X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 202, Message 7 of 15

The village of Norridge (suburb of Chicago) will have a referendum on
4/2/91 to determine if 911 should be implemented in the village to be
paid for from general funds. In a letter to residents, the following
costs were itemized:

	Equipment		Approx. $100,000
	Installation		        $ 32,000
	Maintenance contract	Approx. $  3,000 per year
	Monthly fee for 8000 phones	$1200 x 12 months = $14,400.

Also, it will take approximatly eighteen months, after requesting it,
for the system to be installed.


George Horwath, Motorola C.I.D.    Only I could say something that stupid.
 ...!uunet!motcid!horwath


[Moderator's Note: Norridge is an example of the curious nature of
area 708. Completely surrounded by the City of Chicago -- yet not part
of the city politically -- Norridge uses 708 and is serviced from the
Chicago-Newscastle CO which also has numerous 312 exchanges,
frequently for places only a few yards (feet?) from the other area
code. The area code bounces back and forth, from 312 -> 708 -> 312 as
you travel down the street from one intersection to the next.   PAT]