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Harmon Village resident asks Lee County public safety committee for help automating tornado siren

2367974 · February 21, 2025
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Summary

A Harmon Village representative asked the county to consider funding or technical help to automate a tornado warning button that is currently inaccessible and would cost about $1,000 to automate.

A Harmon Village resident urged the Lee County Board during public comment to route a tornado-siren automation request to the Public Safety Committee and to coordinate with local emergency management and the Amboy Fire Department.

Melanie Wilstead told the board she had raised the problem with the county public safety committee and described the tornado-activation mechanism as “outside, under the water…

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