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Council approves distribution of grant-funded Motorola radios for police and sheriff
Summary
Resolution C-20-24-15 was adopted to accept and distribute grant funds that will purchase Motorola handheld radios for the Evansville Police Department and Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Department.
The Evansville Common Council on Aug. 26 adopted Resolution C-20-24-15 approving an interlocal agreement with Vanderburgh County to distribute funds awarded under a 2023 grant program for public-safety communications equipment.
Queena from the Evansville Police Department presented the request, saying the approved distribution will fund Motorola handheld radios: 13 radios for the Evansville Police Department and a county share for the Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Department. The Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Department’s share recorded in the meeting was $34,368.18 and the Evansville Police Department’s share was $69,777.82, as stated by the presenter.
Council members offered no objections, a motion to adopt the resolution was made and seconded, and the measure passed on a unanimous roll call.
The interlocal agreement provides for the shared procurement and distribution of radios under the grant award; procurement and inventory will proceed under departmental and interlocal-agreement procedures.
