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Commissioners direct creation of capital fund for 911 microwave and repeater upgrades
Summary
Board agreed to create a capital improvement account to fund multi-year microwave/backhaul upgrades for 911 repeaters; plan calls for initial seed funding from unspent year-end balances and staged engineering work.
Bonner County commissioners directed staff to create a capital improvement fund and begin saving for a multi-year project to add microwave backhaul and strengthen repeater sites that support 911 radio communications.
Sheriff27s office and communications staff described a plan requiring site equipment (repeaters) and microwave backhaul links. Staff estimated the per-site cost for microwave backhaul and repeater equipment at several hundred thousand dollars once engineering, FCC…
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