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Lake County accepts DHS-funded Starlink terminal and 12 months of roaming service for incident communications
Summary
County emergency management presented a DHS-funded regional grant that supplies one Starlink terminal and up to 12 months of unlimited roaming service; commissioners approved acceptance and directed staff to test setup and coordinate procurement with the City of Colorado Springs.
The Lake County Board of County Commissioners unanimously accepted a Department of Homeland Security grant that will provide a Starlink satellite terminal and up to 12 months of Starlink roaming service to support emergency communications, Claire Hathaway, director of the Office of Emergency Management, told commissioners.
Hathaway described the grant as a federal pass-through that is managed by the South Central All-Hazards Region; the City of Colorado Springs serves as the regional fiscal agent and handles procurement. "This grant's a little bit of an interesting one," Hathaway said, noting that the regional communications working group requested the equipment because some…
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