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Emergency management flags steep radio contract increase; town weighs alternatives
Summary
Emergency management director reported vendor Motorola initially quoted a 31% price increase for radio maintenance (later reduced to ~21%) and said staff are modeling whether moving to the state radio system — which would require additional repeater sites — is feasible.
Russ Kimes, emergency management director, told the board that emergency management has expanded exercises, an emergency operations center and community alerting tools (Everbridge and Alertus). He said staff reallocated a $17,000 service‑contract line into more granular software and hardware accounts to improve transparency.
Kimes warned the board that Motorola, the…
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