County to Buy Refurbished Tornado Siren for Westfield Area, Casey Donates Unit
Clark County Board Meeting | April 17, 2026
Article Summary: The Clark County Board on Friday, April 17, 2026, approved purchasing a tornado siren to be installed in the Westfield area, using a used siren the City of Casey has offered to donate. Refurbishing the siren would cost around $8,000, and Westfield would need to buy a pole; the board also agreed to promote the county’s Hyper-Reach notification system.
Westfield Tornado Siren Key Points:
- Clark County EMA’s Dane Tally told the board Casey approached him about donating one of its old sirens for the Westfield area.
- Refurbishing would cost around $8,000. Westfield would need to purchase a pole.
- Sheriff Bill Brown asked who would be in charge of the siren, and said 911 Director Bailey did not want to be the one to activate it.
- The board approved the purchase and also decided to promote the Hyper-Reach notification system. The minutes do not record who would activate the siren.
CLARK COUNTY — The Clark County Board on Friday, April 17, 2026, approved purchasing a tornado siren to be installed in the Westfield area, acting on an offer from the City of Casey to donate one of its used units.
Dane Tally of Clark County EMA spoke to the board about purchasing and installing the siren. Tally said he was approached by the City of Casey, which would donate one of its old sirens to the Westfield area. It would cost around $8,000 to refurbish, and Westfield would need to purchase a pole.
The minutes do not state which fund the roughly $8,000 would come from, whether the figure is an estimate or a quote, or who prepared it.
Sheriff Bill Brown asked who would be in charge of the siren, and said 911 Director Bailey did not want to be the one to activate it. The board asked about the Hyper-Reach notification system. It was decided to approve the purchase and also to promote the Hyper-Reach program.
The minutes do not record an answer to the sheriff’s question. Who will be responsible for sounding the siren is not resolved anywhere in the record of the meeting.
The motion to approve carried, with board member Mike Parsons seconding. The chairman put the question and upon the roll being taken all members present voted aye, and Chairman Rex Goble declared the motion adopted. The minutes reference an attachment to the item, which was not among the materials available for this report.
The agenda listed the item as “Discuss and Possible Approval of Clark County Purchasing a Tornado Siren to be Installed in the Westfield area.”
The action puts county money behind outdoor warning coverage for a community that would otherwise rely on the county’s phone- and message-based alerting. Westfield sits in the northwestern part of the county, near Casey.
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