The Center for Municipal Solutions (CMS)
Municipal Telecommunication Consultants
(Comi Telecommunications Services and Monroe Telecom Associates)

WHO WE ARE

We are The Center for Municipal Solutions, headquartered in Wake Forest, NC and Delmar, NY. We team with, represent and assist local governments in their efforts to regulate communications towers and wireless facilities.

EXPERIENCE

We are the oldest, most experienced & largest public sector organization of our kind in the nation, representing more than 600 communities in 30 states.

We have reviewed more than 2,000 applications and in more than a decade serving local governments have never had a recommendation successfully challenged.

WHAT WE DO
(FOR NO COST TO THE COMMUNITY . . . EVER)

We review wireless applications and make written recommendations as regards what should be approved or not approved, why it should or should not be approved and attend all meetings and hearings.

We assure the least visual impact, that a new tower is built only as a last, worst case scenario and that the carrier has proven that, to the exclusion of all alternatives, there is no other option than a new tower.

We enable communities to make truly informed decisions based on all their options and rights.

We provide, and if desired, will administer, our model ordinance and customize it for each community. This ordinance is generally considered to be the preeminent one of its kind in the nation and we are told has been used by more than 2,000 communities in one form or another.

As importantly as anything, we also ensure that safety standards are met and that towers and wireless facilities are actually built as designed and permitted.

We shorten the time as regards the permitting process in order to get the service up and operating.

We help local officials actually require the use of County or Municipal owned property to open opportunities for new and increased revenue.

We provide expert witness services for litigation at the federal or state level, though neither our model ordinance nor our work product has ever been successfully challenged.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

We have obtained literally tens of millions of dollars for communities by negotiating leases for the private use of public property, water tanks and co-locating antennas on public buildings. We've never failed to achieve a dollar amount that was significantly more than was offered and in many cases two or three times the offered amount.

We always focus on striking a balance between the needs of the community and those of the carrier, creating win-win situations. This helps protect the nature and character of communities by enabling the communities to require that towers and wireless facilities have the least possible visual impact.

Reviewed more than 2,000 applications and have never had a recommendation legally challenged.