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Council authorizes staff to pursue outside legal review for wireless‑communications ordinance after heated debate (5–2)
Summary
After extended debate about federal preemption and litigation risk, the council voted 5–2 to direct staff to pursue outside counsel to review and help draft revisions to the town's wireless‑communications (small‑cell) ordinances and to authorize initial spending (up to an indicated amount) to obtain legal services.
The council considered a multi‑year effort to update the town’s wireless‑communications tower and antenna ordinances and to add more enforceable local standards where federal law allows.
Council member Watts summarized vendor outreach and recommended several specialized firms; he said those firms can complete a technical and legal review in roughly 30–45 days. Watts argued the town should act now to strengthen local standards and then amend them later if federal rules change. He said he’d identified top…
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