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Sheriff: County generator failed to start, 911 went down during July 19 outage
Summary
Sheriff KC Bang told commissioners the courthouse generator did not start automatically during a multi-county power outage on July 19, cutting local communications and the 911 line; deputies manually started the unit and found it nearly out of diesel. He asked about backup technical support.
Sheriff KC Bang told the Dundy County Board of Commissioners that a major electrical outage on Sunday, July 19, caused the courthouse generator to fail to start automatically and resulted in a loss of local communications and the 911 telephone line. "The generator did not start automatically that evening as it should," Bang said, and deputies had to start it manually.
After adding fuel the generator ran, and Bang reported the unit was nearly out of diesel when technicians inspected it. He told commissioners the current servicer is located in Kearney and asked the board to consider backup technical assistance to avoid future interruptions to emergency communications.
Bang also briefed the board on recent operational trends, including an increase in traffic violations tied to a selective enforcement operation, and noted his department's plans to staff a booth at the upcoming Dundy County Fair. The meeting record does not show a formal directive from the board to secure a new servicer; the sheriff's request was entered into the minutes for follow-up.
