On Aug. 7 the Elko County Enhanced 9‑1‑1 Board voted to recommend spending from the E‑911 fund for two vendor services and to add recurring vendor costs to its five‑year master plan.

The board approved recommending payment of $18,570.48 to Motivations for annual quality‑assurance (QA) services and CPR evaluations and approved payment for Exacom logging‑recorder maintenance; the recorder maintenance was quoted at $10,007.77 and the motion to pay was recorded in the meeting as $10,777. Both votes were recorded as carrying with all members present voting in favor.

The QA contract discussed, described as an annual program through 2026, increases monitored call evaluations from 45 to 52 to approach the “NENA standard” for evaluation percentage and adds a fire component and an optional CPR test call evaluation. Carrie Hampton, staff member, said the top line item on the Motivations quote was approximately $10,854.48 and that adding the CPR/testing component produced a combined annual total shown in the packet as $18,570.48. Hampton said the CPR evaluation option is an additional service Motivations offers and is separate from the regular QA evaluations.

Board members described the Exacom agreement as the maintenance portion of the county’s telephone and radio logging recorder warranty and maintenance program. Hampton said the recorder “captures all of our telephone and radio recordings that come into the center.” The Exacom maintenance agreement listed in the packet was $10,007.77 for the year; the motion to recommend payment noted a similar figure in discussion and the motion carried.

Board members said the reason for bringing these vendor agreements under the five‑year master plan is to identify recurring, relied‑upon costs so they would not need separate annual reapproval each year. The chair noted that the board is assembling a list of recurring vendor costs — for example, Motivations and Exacom — to include in the master plan and that the board would present recommendations to the County Commission for final action.

Board discussion also noted outstanding or pending vendor quotes that remain under consideration: a radio console quote from Tate, a pending quote from Motorola, and a Zetron quote already in the packet. Hampton said she was still waiting on one Motorola quote and an installation date/location for a prior Nevada installation from another vendor. Vector Solutions and Polpak were discussed as potential overlapping or integratable solutions; Hampton said Polpak cannot currently replicate Vector’s offering and that staff had asked the two vendors to explore integration.

The board directed staff to forward the approved recommendations to the County Commission for appropriation from the E‑911 fund. No changes to policy or program scope were adopted in the meeting; the votes were to recommend payment and to add recurring vendor charges to the five‑year master plan for future budget planning.

County commission approval will be required before funds are expended; staff said they will continue collecting outstanding vendor details and installation information for the commission packet.