Mayville council approves new tornado siren, adopts parcel-attachment ordinance and clears $620,452 pay request

Mayville — The Mayville Common Council on Monday approved several actions affecting public safety, infrastructure and local personnel, including authorization to refurbish and re-deploy an existing tornado siren in the city center, adoption of an ordinance to attach two parcels from a neighboring village, and payment on a major paving contract.

At the meeting, the council voted unanimously to accept the lower-cost option for extended tornado siren coverage: refurbishing and upgrading equipment from an existing siren head and adding two-way monitoring at a total quoted price of $14,287. The city’s fire chief told the council the current five-siren system yields about "70 decibels in the outlying areas," and that a sixth siren in the center of town would reduce coverage gaps when a single siren fails.

The council also approved a companion budget amendment to fund the remaining cost not covered by the emergency management account. The chief and staff said approximately $7,100 remained in the emergency management budget; the council moved about $7,000 from contingency into emergency management to cover the purchase…