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Hays resident asks commissioners about expense reductions and funding for local Doppler radar
Summary
During public comment, John Pyle urged the commission to examine expense reductions and asked whether the county would fund a Doppler radar to fill a coverage gap; commissioners said no formal funding request had been made but staff had provided a letter of support for a federal grant application.
John Pyle of Hays spoke during the public comment period to ask whether the county holds work sessions to consider reducing expenses and whether commissioners had considered funding a local Doppler radar to improve storm detection.
"I'm John Pyle here in Hayes," he said, asking first about expense‑reduction work sessions and then about a radar presentation he said a local group had made to a veterans group. Commissioners responded that they hold quarterly work sessions to look for efficiencies and that, to their knowledge, no formal county funding request for a radar had been presented; an amateur‑radio group had requested a letter of support for a federal grant but had not requested county funding. The exchange closed with Pyle saying he would follow up with the presenter to clarify.
