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Board approves $100,000 grant for mobile festival safety barriers to protect events
Summary
The county approved a $100,000 Community Investment Fund GRAMA award to emergency management to buy mobile safety barriers (two trailers, 54 units per trailer) for use at festivals, farmers markets and other public events; delivery is expected around Memorial Day.
The Door County Board on March 24 approved Resolution 2026-11, awarding $100,000 from the Community Investment Fund GRAMA to emergency management for the purchase of mobile safety barriers.
Emergency government director Jeb described the project for the board: “These barriers are designed to be mobile. They are put on a trailer, so 54 units per trailer. We look at getting two trailers,” he said, adding that the county plans to deploy the barriers at festivals, community events and farmers markets to protect visitors and residents. Jeb said the trailers are manufactured in Chicago and staff aim for a delivery date around Memorial Day.
Jeb explained requests for barrier deployment will be reviewed by a council of public-safety professionals—fire, EMS, law enforcement and emergency management—and the county will weigh whether to deploy trailers to larger events or distribute equipment to multiple sites depending on need.
The resolution passed by voice vote. Advocates said the equipment will support public-safety planning for the upcoming festival season.
Why it matters: The mobile barriers are intended to reduce risk at crowded public events and provide quickly deployable protection during high-attendance periods. The procurement is a county-funded investment supported by room-tax-derived Community Investment Fund dollars.
No additional county matching funds were required for the GRAMA award, and board members asked for operational and deployment details as the program is implemented.
