To ensure that the original participants were not penalized financially for joining the system in the beginning, a formula for charging new users a “buy in” fee for new radios was developed. Each entity paid a portion of the cost of the backbone equal to their percentage of the total radios on the system. Washtenaw County and the Cities of Ann Arbor, Milan, and Saline initially financed the system. The first generation of the system included one 10-channel tower site located on Sunset St. The idea for a system with the new “trunking” technology was proposed by Bill Folsky, head of the Ann Arbor City Radio Shop, and brought to fruition by Sheriff Ron Schebil, Ann Arbor Police Chief Bill Corbett, Milan Police Chief Bill Zsenyuk, and Saline Police Chief Jim Douglas. The Washtenaw County 800 MHz radio system was created in 1985 and implemented in 1987.
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