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Commission approves $5.36 million radio-system upgrade to improve first-responder redundancy and location features
Summary
The Rowan County Commission authorized a $5,364,138.60 turnkey upgrade to the public-safety radio backbone, approving a statement-of-work, a budget amendment and a capital projects ordinance to add microwave redundancy and automatic location reporting for first responders.
The Rowan County Commission authorized a $5,364,138.60 turnkey upgrade to the county’s public-safety radio backbone at its March 16 meeting, approving the county manager’s execution of the statement of work, a budget amendment and a capital-projects ordinance.
TJ, identified in the meeting as the county’s emergency-services official, described the upgrade as improvements to the microwave links that carry radio traffic between towers and said the project will…
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