The News-Gazette had a quick overview of this week's Champaign City Council meeting (agenda here and video of the meeting here). Here's a quick excerpt:
Champaign council OKs infrastructure plans for 5G networksFull article here.
The Champaign City Council voted Tuesday to comply with a new state law — the Small Wireless Facilities Deployment Act — about accommodating upcoming 5G networks for mobile internet connectivity.
As the successor to 4G networks, 5G boasts faster connections and download speeds for devices like computers, cellphones and tablets. Tuesday's unanimous council vote allows for small wireless facilities, which will transmit 5G data and wireless communication, to sit in the public right of way.
City attorney Fred Stavins said several states across the country are passing similar legislation.
While previous mobile networks relied on cell towers to transmit communications, Stavins said, small wireless facilities — also called small-cell antennas — are being pursued as the faster option by service providers for 5G...
In other business Tuesday, council members also approved funding for the CommUnity Matters program for the upcoming fiscal year: $36,835 will go to the Champaign Park District, $48,000 to the Unit 4 school district, $10,000 to the Don Moyer Boys and Girls Club, $10,000 to the DREAAM Opportunity Center and $20,000 to Life Line Champaign Inc.
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