The Cannon County 911 Emergency Communications District Board Of Directors adopted the 2011-2012 fiscal year budget on Second Reading. Due to the decline in the number of landline telephones, there has been an estimated 4.7% decline in land line 9-1-1 revenue during the 2010 fiscal year. The previous year showed a 9.1% decline. Unfortunately employee raises are not possible this upcoming year due to the decrease in revenue.It was also discussed that this upcoming year will be very busy with the installation of a new IP based 911 Controller in preparation for the implication of the state wide Next Generation 911 project being developed by the Tennessee Emergency Communications Board. Currently the 911 lines are routed via expensive 6 educated trunk lines which will not be needed when IP based system is in place. The multiple network pathways will greatly reduce the chance of a network failure. The state 911 board has allocated specific grant funding to aid in the upgrade of this and the adjunct equipment
