Commission reviews quote to replace judicial‑center alarm monitoring after vendor notice

County staff told the Crawford County Commission that Jayhawk Security notified the county it will no longer provide alarm monitoring for the judicial center and submitted a quote from Croghan to replace current monitoring.

The item matters because continuous alarm monitoring is a basic security service for county facilities and vendors discontinuing service require the county to secure replacement monitoring to avoid gaps.

A staff member said the Croghan quote was what had been provided so far and noted there are at least two other local companies that offer alarm services. Commissioners asked county staff to check whether the procurement should be rebid or whether Croghan's quote is acceptable. "If it's something that needed to be done yesterday, then I would recommend that we just move on with this for 1,600," one commissioner said, noting timing concerns; staff agreed to follow up and report by Friday.

Discussion focused on whether existing contract terms require notice, whether the quoted monitoring fee included all necessary services, and whether other local vendors had been given the chance to bid. No formal motion or vote on awarding the work appeared in the meeting record; commissioners instead directed staff to confirm bid opportunities and timeline and to return with further information.

Discussion vs. decisions: the transcript records discussion and a directive for staff follow‑up; there was no recorded procurement action or award at the meeting.