Pondera County approves airport snow‑removal, sheriff body cameras and other routine purchases

Pondera County commissioners approved several routine contracts and purchases at their Jan. 29, 2025, meeting, including a snow‑removal contract for Conard Airport, a purchase of sheriff’s office body‑worn cameras, a renewal of a document‑management subscription and parts to repair a road‑department trailer.

Those approvals are part of regular county operations to maintain public safety equipment, airport services and recordkeeping. Commissioners voted on each item during the meeting; all motions carried.

Votes at a glance: Snow‑removal contract — approved; sheriff body‑camera purchase — approved; Square 9 Softworks Global Search Cloud renewal — approved; travel‑trailer repair parts — approved.

The board approved a snow‑removal contract with Sullivan Brothers Construction for Conard Airport. The agreement keeps the same terms as the prior year and sets snow‑removal at $600 per occurrence. The motion was made and seconded and the commissioners voted in favor.

The commissioners approved the sheriff’s office purchase of replacement body‑worn cameras and an associated bundle from Axon Enterprise Inc. The total for that purchase was recorded as $26,561.08; meeting discussion identified nine cameras in connection with the purchase. Officials said the new equipment replaces older units that can no longer be serviced.

The board also approved renewal of the Square 9 Softworks Global Search Cloud subscription to store permanent county records, including scanned minutes, contracts, audits and budget reports. The renewal amount recorded in the meeting was $3,812.09. County staff described the system as available to any department that chooses to use it and said the county has used the system to scan and preserve records dating back to 1919.

Finally, the board approved a parts purchase of $4,380 to repair one Dakota travel trailer used by the road department; meeting remarks indicated this was a repair, not a purchase of a new trailer.

Other administrative items discussed during the meeting included an ongoing update to the county’s bank accounts, which commissioners left on the agenda for one more week to resolve outstanding requirements between the bank, the state and the county.

The meeting record shows the motions were moved and seconded on the record and that each passed by voice vote. The meeting did not record a roll‑call vote with named tallies in the transcript excerpt.

Looking ahead, the board received routine auditor scheduling information (see related item).