Beasley Rehired as e911 Director for Franklin County
Franklin County will soon have Jones Beasley back as their e911 director.
Tuesday morning, Interim County Manager John Phillips offered Jones Beasley his old job back and Beasley has confirmed that he accepted it.
“They have offered me the opportunity to come back and I accepted,” Beasley said Tuesday. “I’m glad to be coming back.”
Phillips said however, a start date has not yet been nailed down.
“We don’t know yet as far as when that will happen,” Phillips said. “Some paperwork has to be taken care and we’re working on that right now. All I can tell you at this point is that we made an offer to Jones. Verbally, he’s in agreement, but we haven’t finalized that yet.”
Phillips said Beasley will serve as the e911 Director only, losing the Emergency Management Agency Director position to another county employee.
“We felt this was the best choice for Franklin County,” Phillips said. “Lyndon Burgess will take over as EMA Director.”
Burgess is currently the Franklin County Maintenance Supervisor.
Phillips said Beasley’s salary will be cut from the $57,000 he was making before he was terminated because he will no longer handle the EMA responsibilities. However, Phillips would not say what that would be.
Beasley was fired on September 26th by former county manager Billy Morse for allowing for county dispatchers to work past the six-month Peace Officers Standards and Training Council certification window.
“My understanding is all but one of those employees is now registered with POST to begin training classes,” Beasley said Tuesday.
Monday night, e911 dispatchers petitioned the Franklin County Board of Commissioners to rehire Beasley.
Afterwards, the board of commissioners met in executive session for an hour where they discussed with Phillips whether to rehire Beasley, according to county commission chair Thomas Bridges.
Phillips said it was ulitmately his decision to offer Beasley his job back on Tuesday.