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County considers one weather station to give local wind and rainfall data; contractor would fund first three years
Summary
County staff presented a memorandum of understanding to install a single public weather station with camera and web access; initial three years would be funded by the vendor, then maintenance (years 4'0) may cost roughly $1,800'$2,000 annually and the county would be responsible long term per the MOU.
Taylor County staff asked commissioners to approve a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with a vendor to install one online weather station in the county that would provide live temperature, humidity and wind-speed data and include a camera feed accessible to the public and county staff.
A county speaker described uses during storms and insurance claims, saying "You know, we get a storm or strong winds come through in the hurricane. Your insurance says you didn't have 80 mile an hour winds. Well, we actually can use this weather station…
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