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Edgar County Board reviews building safety, storm shelter and courthouse security needs
Summary
Board members discussed employee safety, panic buttons, storm shelter access, siren/networked alerts, courtroom security changes and IT/cybersecurity upgrade needs.
Edgar County Board members and staff reviewed physical and digital security at county facilities and flagged several follow‑up items, including meeting with the state’s attorney and judges to discuss courtroom security changes.
During a staff briefing, participants identified the government center’s storm shelter as the only nearby designated safe space for several neighboring properties and recommended completing the shelter work so employees and the public have an accessible option. Board members said the basement of the Methodist Church in Christman has been used as a shelter in the past and discussed whether it or the…
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