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Robinson council directs staff to pursue pricing for replacing two inoperable outdoor warning sirens
Summary
After a multi-hour discussion with county emergency management and vendor representatives, Robinson City Council directed staff to get detailed pricing and a technical scoping meeting for replacing two inoperable sirens, assessing AC vs solar power, and options to join Waco’s American Signal system; no purchase was approved at the meeting.
Robinson — The City Council voted to direct staff to pursue detailed pricing and a vendor scoping study to replace two aging outdoor warning sirens and to evaluate joining the City of Waco’s American Signal system.
Council and staff spent the bulk of the meeting hearing technical options and cost factors after emergency management coordinator Ryan Durker described a recent vendor estimate and system capabilities. Durker, identified in the meeting as the McLennan County emergency management coordinator, said the quote for two omnidirectional sirens to be added into the Waco system came in “just under $68,000,” but that estimate did not include the cost of poles or electrical work.
Council members raised multiple practical and equity questions: whether to keep a local siren system,…
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