Southbury Signs Contract with AT&T to Install New Cellphone Tower

The Southbury Board of Selectmen has signed a contract with AT&T to install a 190-foot-tall cellphone tower at the Purchase Firehouse on Stillson Road, the Republican-American reports.

The new tower will replace an existing 120-foot-tall tower.

According to the contract, AT&T will pay for the installation of the tower and will transfer ownership to the town, paying the town $3,000 per month in rent to put an antenna on top, the paper reports. The company has also agreed to pay the town $20,000 to upgrade its emergency communications antennas, which will also be placed on the tower.

The upgrades will mean more reliable communications for police, fire and ambulance crews and will give the Purchase firehouse to directly radio the emergency dispatch center on Peter Road.

First Selectman Ed Edelson told the paper the town negotiated a good deal and the new tower would add to the over $10,000 Southbury is already paid by carriers who have antennas on the cellphone tower at the transfer station in on Kettletown Road.

According to the paper, all the details have been finalized and the board is waiting for AT&T to sign off on the contract.

The next step in the application process would be to go before the Connecticut Siting Council, which regulates the locations of cellphone towers in the state, the paper reports.

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