The Geary County Commission has voted to allow a new cell phone tower to be installed on the east side of Milford Lake.

The governing body said yes to a request by Florida-based BRT to install the 300-foot tall tower at a location at 10506 Budden Road approximately four miles north of Junction City.

Commissioner Keith Ascher said the governing body just went on the facts. “Everything fit. There were no problems with it so after a lot of consideration we decided to approve it. Conditional use permit for the cell tower was approved.

The Metropolitan Planning Commission had recommended that the request for the permit be denied. But the Planning & Zoning Administrator, Troy Livingston, recommended that decision be overturned and that the conditional use permit allowing construction of a telecommunication tower in the suburban residential district at 10506 Budden Road should be approved.

At the Metropolitan Planning Commission meeting in August there was opposition from some members of the public to the tower, including safety concerns and the opinion that the site is one of the final properties near the lake available for development.