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Greenlee County approves purchase of enterprise drone for public works and emergency use
Summary
The Board of Supervisors approved up to $27,000 to buy an enterprise-grade unmanned aerial system after county engineers said the aircraft would speed surveying, inspections and emergency response.
Greenlee County’s Board of Supervisors voted to buy an enterprise-grade unmanned aerial system after hearing staff say the newer model will let the county do larger surveys, take higher-resolution imagery and support public-safety tasks in-house.
County Engineer Reed Larson told the board the county has been operating an older drone that is at “the end of its life” and that the newer model carries higher-end camera payloads and larger batteries that…
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