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Residents urge review of emergency radio interoperability and raise election-tabulator concerns
Summary
Public commenters asked the county to audit Emergency Management radio interoperability after learning Elkton lacked unified radio connections and requested a tabletop exercise; a resident also raised questions about certification of the county's election tabulator.
During the public-comment portion of the April 7 meeting Brookings County resident Rick Weible requested an audit of Emergency Management communications so that radios used by ambulances, fire departments, public works, county resources and cities would be unified. Weible said he learned Elkton is not part of the county's unified communications and that "they have to use their cell phones to communicate with those other agencies," and he asked that a tabletop exercise be conducted to verify interoperability.
Weible also raised concerns about certification of the election tabulator. The meeting record shows the board heard these comments during the citizen invitation segment but does not record a formal response or a board directive to staff on either the communication-audit request or the tabulator question. The transcript indicates County Development Deputy Director Richard Haugen later said a subcommittee would be created to research 765 kV towers; no county staff comment on the radio or tabulator audit appears in the meeting minutes.
