Purchase of radio repeater approved for County VFDs

Volunteer fire departments’ request to use American Rescue Plan funds to purchase a new VHF repeater and a backup battery was approved by the Fayette County Commissioners Court at its meeting last Thursday The maximum amount coming out of the ARP funds was set at $30,000.

Stephen Kelly, president of the Fayette County Firefighters Association, said that on Friday, March 3 the repeater system went d…