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Commissioners approve purchase of 10 patrol/SWAT rifles using existing county funds
Summary
The county commission approved a $26,267 purchase of 10 AR-style rifles from Sons of Liberty Gun Works for use by the sheriff's office; funding will come from vendor savings in a capital-improvement account, lake patrol funds and remaining sheriff's office funds.
The Board of County Commissioners on July 7 approved a $26,267 purchase of 10 AR-style rifles from Sons of Liberty Gun Works for use by the sheriff's office, to be funded from existing county accounts. The commission voted unanimously to authorize the purchase.
The sheriff told commissioners he negotiated a $9,000 savings from the vendor on a prior capital-improvement allocation for the SWAT team, plans to use $10,000 from lake patrol funds when they arrive, and will add $7,267 from the sheriff's existing funds to reach a total…
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