County board to vote on cell tower for fairgrounds
From the WCLO newsroom:
A vote Thursday will determine whether a cell tower is built on the Rock County 4-H Fairgrounds.
Rock County Board Chair Russ Podzilni says fair officials assure him there is enough space for the towers. He says space was one of the concerns from county board supervisors ahead of Thursday's meeting. Podzilni says the area designated for the cell tower was used by a fire truck at the last fair, but the fire truck does not need to go in that spot.
He says he's also heard concerns that the county should be asking for more money from Global Towers. The total package of the lease amounts to just under $400,000 for the county over a ten year period. Then there are four five-year options to be exercised at the discretion of either party.
The tower is a monopole design that looks like a flagpole. Podzilni expects representatives from the company to answer questions at Thursday's meeting.
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Sep 11, 2008 at 11:44 a.m.
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I would hope that the $400,000 windfall over 10 years for the use of space on the Fairgrounds would be a great start of funding the move of the fairgrounds? Or have they already spent that money on something else?
Sep 11, 2008 at 4:45 a.m.
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I'd welcome a cell tower there. I have a fairly week cellphone signal where I live a block from the fairgrounds, especially as soon as I step into my house (wood siding, mind you). Moving back into Janesville, I would have expected better cellphone reception than when I lived in LaPrairie. Irony ...
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