News – Sheridan Media
The Kaycee-Buffalo-Johnson County Economic Development Joint Powers Board is currently working with the Buffalo City Council and Johnson County Commission to upgrade an analog fire panel to a new digital one, as required by the state fire marshal.
At their meeting Wednesday morning, Vice Chairman Tom Knapp explained to the board what he had recently discussed with both governmental agencies.
As explained by Knapp to the Buffalo City Council at their last meeting, the fire marshal was requiring replacement of the fire panel at Bomber Mountain and presented the council with two proposals to replace the panels.
The first is a bare-minimum replacement of the panel for roughly $30,000 and the second an added upgrade to the panel that in addition to the minimum requirement would make it compliant when new West High School moves into the building in the future, at a cost of roughly $69,000.
According to discussions, the fire marshal has given the board until mid-August to get the fire panels into compliance, or face shutdown of a major portion of the building.
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Last modified: July 26, 2023