(Audubon) EMA Director Tyler Thygesen updated the Audubon County Board of Supervisors on a new recommendation for the location of a Motorola emergency communication tower.
Supervisor’s Chairman Doug Sorensen says the latest proposal is on some farmland south of Highway 44. “That could, at least in their studies, give us very good coverage of both Audubon and Exira Schools. Give us pretty good coverage of Kimballton, Brayton, and even Gray, so now they are recommending that as being the primary location.”
The initial estimate was $2.6 million. “We decided the next thing to do was get a firm number on what that’s going to cost and try to figure out how we are going to fund it. We need to get something on paper and get the whole thing moving.”
Sorensen comments on the need for the new tower. “Because of the rest of the state going to this system. We are using antiquated equipment. If there were a natural disaster emergency where we had other counties come in, we would be at a very dire communication strait without going to the ISICS system. So we are going to try to get that thing where it will operate well in Audubon County.”
