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Commissioners favor basic Siemens fire monitoring for new courthouse, decline cellular add‑on pending verification
Summary
County staff recommended accepting Siemens' $570 annual monitoring service for the new courthouse's fire system while avoiding a $550 cellular add‑on because county networks (fiber, cellular backup, upcoming Starlink) provide redundancy; commissioners requested confirmation of monitoring 'keyholder' and routing to 911.
County staff and commissioners discussed the Siemens fire monitoring contract for the new Chilton County courthouse and signaled support for purchasing the basic monitoring service while declining the optional cellular communication add‑on.
Staff outlined a quote that included a $570 annual monitoring fee and an additional $550 annual charge for the cellular communication option. "There is a monitoring fee of $5.70, and then…
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