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Finance committee weighs $5,000 repair for town tornado siren, asks staff to confirm legal requirement
Summary
Basel's finance committee discussed a roughly $5,000 repair to the town's lone tornado siren, questions about whether the siren is still required under village rules, and directed staff to confirm any code obligation before finalizing the expense.
Finance committee members discussed repairing the village's single tornado siren and asked staff to confirm whether the village is legally required to maintain it.
Committee members said the repair estimate available at the meeting was about $5,000 and noted many residents depend on phone alerts rather than the siren. Members expressed concern that much of the village cannot hear the siren from some locations, and that phones provide redundant alerts.
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