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Senate bill would give $300,000 grants to five rural counties for ARMER radio upgrades
Summary
Senate File 386 would appropriate one-time grants of $300,000 to five Minnesota counties to fund upgraded equipment so local 911 dispatch centers and responders can fully join the ARMER statewide radio system; counties would provide a 50% match. The bill was laid over for possible inclusion in an omnibus bill.
Senate File 386, presented March 10 to the Senate Judiciary and Public Safety Committee, would provide one-time grants of $300,000 to each of five named counties to upgrade local radio consoles and other equipment so they can become full participants on the statewide Allied Radio Matrix for Emergency Response (ARMER) system.
The author, Senator Weber, told the committee the funding is intended for counties that have lagged in receiving upgrades and risk falling “two generations…
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