Controversy over funding of the 911 tower site and Narrow Band Radios were discussed during the first meeting of the Cannon County Homeland Security Committee. The County Commission voted in their last meeting for the Homeland Security Committee to meet once a quarter.
As this was the first meeting there was no set agenda but after Cannon County Executive Mike Gannon opened the floor for questions. Communications Director Roy
Sullivan started asking EMA Director Faye Morse various questions in regarding to the funding of the tower site project. Sullivan said he couldn’t see where any of the money was transferred to fund the project even though the project itself was extended to 2012. The emergency radio system is being switched over to Narrow Bands. There are 300 radios that can’t be reprogrammed The County asked for 300 radios but was only funded for 27 portables and 9 mobiles. The date for changing the
frequencies is still up in the air.
