Graham County supervisors approve $480,000 border-support funding, equipment purchases and staff travel; several administrative items pass

At the Feb. 3 Graham County Board of Supervisors meeting, members approved a package of administrative and funding actions, including acceptance of $480,000 in local border-support funding for law enforcement equipment, ratification of a detention medical backup agreement, an unbudgeted capital purchase of security equipment, authorization for out-of-state training for three county attorney staff, and an over-the-counter tax-deed sale. A special-event liquor-license request was deferred for correction of a date error.

Sheriff P.J. Allred asked the board to approve acceptance of the local border-support funds tied to state legislation referenced in the packet. "What we're here is we're asking for an approval to accept local border support funding related to the SB 17 20 in the amount of $480,000," Sheriff P.J. Allred said. He described the county's proposed use: four patrol…