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Votes at a glance: LAJC actions on agenda, minutes, bills, 911 support, grants, interview room and radio borrowing authority
Summary
The committee approved routine agenda items and several substantive spending and authorization items, including a $16,201 annual 9‑1‑1 support payment, grant applications and a not‑to‑exceed $8.5 million borrowing request for the radio upgrade.
The Law, Justice and Safety Committee took a series of procedural and substantive actions during its April meeting. Below are the recorded motions and outcomes on items that produced formal committee direction.
Votes at a glance
- Agenda approval (Item 3): Motion to approve the meeting agenda was seconded and approved by voice vote (ayes recorded). Motion and second not specified in the transcript.
- Minutes approval (Item 4 — 04/08/2022 LAJC minutes): Motion by Frame; second by Cosgrove. Minutes approved by voice vote.
- Invoices and bills (Item 10): Motion to approve invoices and bills by Cosgrove; second by Bob. Committee approved payment of bills by voice vote.
- CentralSquare 9‑1‑1 software/support renewal (Item 11): The committee approved payment of the CentralSquare annual support invoice, $16,201 (annual). Motion to approve was made by Bob and seconded by Cosgrove; motion passed by voice vote. Committee discussion clarified that the maintenance is covered by borrowed funds in fund 75 for the current year, and that next year the expense will need to be absorbed by the sheriff’s operational budget.
- Grant applications and acceptance (Item 12): Motion to authorize staff to apply for and accept the heroin, meth and body‑worn camera grants; seconded by Cosgrove. Motion approved by voice vote. Committee instructed staff to prepare county‑board resolutions if award acceptance requires creation of any new permanent positions.
- New interview room project costs (Item 13): The committee approved forwarding interview‑room project costs (equipment and wall work) totaling approximately $2,873 to the property/public‑works committee for approval and for inclusion in the county budget process. Motion by Cosgrove; second by Frank; passed by voice vote.
- Radio tower project: borrowing authority (Item 14 and extended finance discussion): Initial motion to set the borrowing target at $7,500,000 (moved by Supervisor Frank as a recommendation of the consultant) was amended on the floor. The committee voted to amend and set the not‑to‑exceed borrowing authority at $8,500,000 to cover the radio project and related items (including the jail lock/camera work). The amended motion passed by voice vote; committee will present a borrowing authorization resolution to the county board at the May meeting (three‑quarters vote required at county board).
Other procedural items include routine committee adjournment votes. The transcript records voice votes for the items above but does not list individual roll‑call tallies.
