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Board approves $6,900 for security film on court facility windows, funds taken from CIP
Summary
Following a security assessment by the Department of Homeland Security CISA, Benton County approved $6,900 to apply security film to ground‑level court facility windows and funded the work from the Capital Improvement Plan rather than contingency.
County staff presented a recommendation to install security film on ground-level windows at the county court facility to limit outside visibility into offices and other interior spaces. The suggestion follows a Department of Homeland Security Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) assessment and work by the court facility security committee.
County staff said Jeff Dingman obtained a local vendor estimate of $6,900 to apply the film to the court facility windows. A county presenter explained the court facility security committee — composed of court administration, county attorney, probation and sheriff’s office representatives — had reviewed CISA recommendations and identified the window film as one of several smaller, near-term upgrades.
Commissioners debated the source of funds and preferred not to draw from the board contingency account. After discussion, the board approved allocating $6,900 from the Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) fund to pay for the security film.
Why it matters: the change is intended to reduce visibility into ground-level court facility offices for privacy and security and is one of multiple recommendations from the security assessment. Commissioners noted larger recommendations — such as staffing for open-to-close security screening — remain under committee consideration and could appear during future budget cycles.
Ending: The board approved the purchase and directed staff to proceed with installation funded from CIP. The court security committee will continue working through larger procedural and staffing recommendations from the CISA assessment.
