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County outlines plan for communications network: three shorter towers, partnerships and potential $13M from reserves
Summary
County staff updated supervisors on a communications/radio project, reporting a failed structural evaluation at the Ellison Bay Education tower, a plan for up to three shorter (≈180-ft) sites, partnership interest from Nsight and Vertical Bridge, and a draft that would use $13 million from undesignated reserves to lower bonding needs.
County communications project manager Ashley Degrave gave a detailed status report on the countywide radio and communications upgrade.
Degrave said a structural study at the Ellison Bay Education tower failed for the new gear, prompting a plan that would add three sites in the northern area with antennas at about 180 feet to avoid FAA lighting requirements and…
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