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Committee approves resolution allowing freestanding antenna on Public Safety Building for city fire communications
Summary
A resolution authorizing the City of Kenosha to install a roughly 5-by-5-foot freestanding antenna on the Public Safety Building roof to improve fire department communications passed by voice vote; mounting will rely on ballast trays and cinder blocks, and county fee terms were discussed but not specified.
Speaker 8 (Unidentified Speaker) presented a resolution authorizing the City of Kenosha to install a freestanding antenna on the southeast corner of the Public Safety Building roof. Speaker 8 described the unit as roughly 5 by 5 feet and said it would sit in a ballast tray with cinder blocks on the roof rather than penetrating roofing membranes. "In other antennas that are in similar size... there's a tray, and they sits on the ballast and rocks of the roof... then it's just cinder blocks that are holding this antenna in place," Speaker 8 said.
Committee members asked whether the county would receive an annual fee or other compensation; the speakers said fees had been discussed in finance and that the item had been approved by finance, but no specific fee amount was cited in the committee discussion. Speaker 1 said the installation would aid the fire department’s communications and expressed support.
Speaker 1 called for the motion and members answered "aye" on the voice vote; the resolution was recorded as passed in committee. The transcript did not include a roll-call tally with individual board members’ votes or the concrete fee terms, which will be handled in final agreement negotiations between the city and county.
