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County to explore hosting regional VHF repeater; commissioners ask for MOUs and legal review
Summary
Emergency communications staff proposed hosting a VHF repeater in the county radio bunker to replace a site Franklin County must vacate; staff said the Bridgerland Amateur Radio Club would operate installation and that costs would be recovered through nominal fees from four counties.
Adam McKinney, chief technology officer and emergency communications director, told commissioners on Jan. 16 that Franklin County owns a VHF repeater on Sedgwick Mountain that the military division asked to relocate. McKinney said Bannock County owns a radio bunker on the mountain and has space to host the repeater and related equipment.
“We would seek to get an MOU…
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