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Sheriff says courthouse generator failed to start automatically during regional outage, briefly cutting local 911 service
Summary
Sheriff KC Bang reported a July 19 multi-county electrical outage left the courthouse without automatic generator backup, causing local communications and the 911 line to go down until deputies manually started the generator; the generator was nearly out of diesel.
Sheriff KC Bang told the commissioners that during a major electrical outage on July 19 the courthouse generator "did not start automatically," which interrupted local communications with deputies and took the 911 telephone line offline. He said a small number of calls rolled over to the non-emergency line but that normal communications were restored only after deputies manually started the generator and added fuel; the generator was nearly out of diesel when they began refueling.
Bang asked the board about options for backup technical assistance because the servicer is located in Kearney. He also reported an uptick in traffic violations attributable to a selective enforcement operation and said the sheriff’s office is preparing for the Dundy County Fair and will staff a booth.
No formal action was recorded at the meeting on generator maintenance or service contracts; the issue was raised as an operational concern for follow-up.
