Governance and Advisory Board

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System Governance

Butler County Sheriff Richard K. Jones elected to exercise authority granted in Section 307.63 of the Ohio Revised Code to operate Butler County’s public safety communications system.  As such, he was empowered to employ personnel in connection with the system’s operation and became solely responsible to promulgate rules and regulations necessary to operate the system in a reasonable manner as provided in the Ohio Revised Code.  Maintenance of the system infrastructure is the responsibility of the Butler County Commissioners.

Advisory Board

The Sheriff wished to create an Advisory Board for the system to make recommendations to the Sheriff and act as a liaison between the Sheriff and the users of the system.  The board, as agreed upon by the Commissioners and the Sheriff in Resolution 07-08-1549 (PDF), contains a representative from:

• Butler County Sheriff’s Office
• Butler County Commissioners
• Butler County Engineer’s Office
• Butler County Chief’s of Police Association
• Butler County Fire Chief’s Association

and a communications representative from

• West Chester Township
• Sheriff’s Office
• City of Hamilton
• City of Oxford
• City of Middletown
• City of Fairfield
• City of Trenton
• City of Monroe

The board normally meets monthly. Whenever possible, their schedule is posted to the calendar.

For more information about the Advisory Board, contact the board secretary.

Advisory Board Downloads

These meeting minutes and other files have been provided by the Advisory Board to BRICS for posting on this website. Contact the board with any questions regarding their content.

Advisory Board Meeting Minutes: Sept 23 2010 (PDF)