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<br />91 ?' /~3 <br /> <br />RES 0 L UTI 0 N .:if Q7-0{)O 36 <br /> <br />WHEREAS, emergency management and emergency planning are required <br />by law and are in place to provide for the mitigation, planning, response and <br />recovery to natural and man-made emergencies and disasters that affect the United <br />States on a continuing basis; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, amateur (ham) radio is a critical component of emergency <br />management at the local, state and federal levels through the nationally coordinated <br />programs of Amateur Radio Emergency Services (ARES) and Radio Amateur Civil <br />Emergency Services (RACES), the latter being a federal government coordinated <br />program; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, amateur radio has developed into a national communications <br />system independent of wire lines or other disruptable paths; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, amateur radio operators own and operate their own <br />equipment and provide a great deal of emergency and community service at no cost <br />to the government be it local, state or federal; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, for the federal government to develop and establish a <br />government communications system nationwide with similar capabilities would slow <br />the efforts to reduce the national deficit by resulting in substantial expenditures; <br />and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, in 1980, amateur radio and amateur radio operators (hams) <br />re-established a vital communications link between local government in Grand <br />Island/Hall County and state government in Lincoln in the aftermath of the <br />devastating tornado disaster during which all other services were interrupted; and <br /> <br /> <br />WHEREAS, amateur radio has continually demonstrated emergency <br />communication capabilities and flexibility beyond the capability of any other <br />communication services, local, state or federal; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the federal government is proposing a process that would <br />severely disrupt the amateur radio service frequency and band organization by the <br />taking away of frequency spectrum. <br /> <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNTY BOARD OF <br />SUPERVISORS, HALL COUNTY, NEBRASKA THAT: <br /> <br />1. The County does hereby recognize amateur (ham) radio as a vital, <br />irreplaceable component of national, state and local emergency <br />management. <br /> <br />2. The County opposes any actions that would threaten the provision of <br />amateur (ham) radio service by reducing the available frequency <br />spectrum or establishing a replacement system at government expense. <br /> <br />Adopted by the Board of Supervisors, Hall County, Nebraska, May 13,1997. <br /> <br />ATTEST <br /> <br />'tVdf9 f~4 <br /> <br /> <br />SUPERVISORS <br /> <br />~~ <br />ff/~J ~ <br /> <br />~~~. S~9~ <br /> <br />.3 <br />