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Rock County delays $531,000 siren upgrade after emergency management warns of tradeoffs
Summary
After testimony from Emergency Management Director Kevin Wernett on vulnerabilities in the current activation system, the Rock County Board voted 19–10 to postpone a proposed $531,000 siren system upgrade to 2027 and redirect sales tax to lower the debt service levy.
The Rock County Board on a 19–10 roll call voted to postpone a proposed $531,000 upgrade to the county’s emergency siren activation system and to use the sales tax allocation instead to reduce the debt service portion of the tax levy.
Emergency Management Director Kevin Wernett told supervisors the county’s siren activation tech relies on decades‑old, single‑source radio signaling and lacks automation, encryption and battery backup at most sites. “Our our emergency warning system is based on technology that’s 30 or 40 years old,”…
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