Chilton County approves jail tower lease with City Switch, renews Motorola maintenance and OKs herbicide spraying at tower sites

The Chilton County Commission voted unanimously to accept an agreement with City Switch to host a communications tower on county property at the jail and approved renewing a Motorola maintenance contract for existing radio equipment, and adopted a resolution allowing the road department to spray herbicide around new tower sites and be reimbursed from the county's communications fund.

The county administrator and E-911 staff described the City Switch agreement in the meeting. Trey Caden, who provided the update for E-911, said: "They're offering to pay us a $2,000 fee upfront. And then, once the tower is complete, a $1,000 monthly lease for that spot of land with the intent of us putting equipment on the tower eventually once we need it, free of charge." Caden said the proposed tower location is on county property near the impound lot and the old coroner's office, on the tree line behind the jail, and that it will be…