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Area Plan seeks $4,000 transfer to install safety lights on a vehicle; council asks about local vendors
Summary
Area Plan director requested a $4,000 transfer from an unspent vehicle appropriation to purchase and install safety lights for a recently acquired truck; councilors asked why a Danville, Ill., vendor was used and requested follow-up on local sourcing.
A representative for the Area Plan office asked the Vigo County council on April 1 to approve a series transfer of $4,000 from an unspent vehicle appropriation to pay for safety lights for a truck the agency had purchased.
The presenter said executive director Jared Baylor was in Florida and that the request seeks a transfer from the vehicles line into a safety line for purchase and installation of lights. Council members asked why the vendor for the work is based in Danville, Illinois, noting the county’s preference for local vendors; the presenter said she could not answer vendor-choice questions but would pass the concern to the executive director.
Council members suggested the sheriff's department and local companies might be able to do the installation; the presenter agreed to pass the inquiry along to Jared Baylor and return with clarification at the next meeting.
No appropriation vote was recorded at the April 1 meeting.
