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Newcastle to pursue community partnership for emergency power and fund battery backups
Summary
The council directed staff to pursue a partnership for emergency backup power rather than immediately buying a large generator, and approved up to $40,000 to bolster battery backup that would maintain servers and connectivity for City Hall and the public-works annex.
City Manager Pingel presented three options for emergency backup power: a small permanent generator (estimated just under $600,000), a trailer-mounted portable generator (about $400,000) and an alternative strategy to partner with another community facility whose infrastructure could host backup power.
Pingel said staff recommends, at minimum, spending roughly $40,000 (including sales tax) to bolster battery backup for servers and communications equipment; that upgrade would sustain critical connectivity for around four days to allow staff…
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