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Emergency management says county radio system nearing construction; completion estimate about eight months
Summary
Maury County emergency management reported progress on a countywide radio system with most equipment received, zoning hearings planned, and a construction start expected in August; realistic completion was estimated at about eight months from July.
Emergency management told Maury County commissioners July 6 that the county’s radio system project with Motorola is moving into construction, with an estimated completion roughly eight months from early July.
“It's still moving forward. We are in possession of almost all of the equipment,” Jeff Hardy, emergency management director, said. He reported zoning hearings for some sites are scheduled in July and that outstanding land‑ownership issues have been resolved with Maury County Water. Hardy said he expected earthwork to begin “probably by August,” that tower erection would take about a week, and that wiring and programming would take additional weeks. Hardy added a realistic completion estimate of about eight months from July.
Hardy described programming as time‑consuming: “you have to have a doctorate to program these radios … it's about like programming a cell phone. And you have to do each one,” he said, noting work on microwave links and integrations with fire stations, police and the sheriff’s department.
Commissioners asked several operational questions, including whether NOAA radio infrastructure was back online; Hardy said the NOAA site out of Nashville is back online. Commissioners also discussed training: a CTAS‑type class of three to four hours is being considered for the fall to support the system rollout.
No formal vote or budget action was recorded on the radio update during the meeting.
