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Carroll County pursues BRIC grant and federal help for radio-system and tornado-siren upgrades
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Summary
Officials said the county has a ready bid for siren upgrades, is pursuing the BRIC grant and has submitted a $3.7 million appropriation request via Senator Mitch McConnell's office to fund a radio upgrade and siren improvements; staff also updated the board on a local radio tower and roadwork.
Carroll County officials reported progress and multiple funding avenues for upgrades to the county radio system and tornado-warning sirens.
An agency official told the board that a BEI survey and quote had been received and that a bid for work is essentially ready. The official said the county is pursuing the BRIC (Building Resilient Infrastructure) grant and is also seeking an appropriation through Senator Mitch McConnell's office. "We have a correct request in a senator McConnell's office for 3,700,000.0 seeking, funding for our entire radio upgrade and their siren system," the agency official said.
Chair comments and staff updates described three parallel approaches—an internal bid procurement, a BRIC grant application for resilience projects, and an effort to secure federal appropriations. The chair and staff also noted that not all sirens are functional and that the county is working to add multiple notification channels (phone alerts and social media) while upgrading hardware.
Separately, a speaker reported that materials and equipment are staged at a radio-tower site (gravel, metal, lumber) and that crews are preparing a concrete pad for a building, generator and LP tank. The chair said staff are coordinating with engineers (Civilcom) and seeking FEMA-related assistance where relevant for certain road projects.
Why it matters: the radio and siren systems are part of the county's emergency-notification network; securing BRIC funding or federal appropriation would materially affect the county's ability to replace aging equipment and expand redundancy in emergency alerts.
Next steps: staff said they will move forward with procurement steps, discuss BRIC eligibility and coordinate with Senator McConnell's office on the appropriation request; no final procurement award or funding decision appears in the provided transcript segments.
