County staff discuss purchasing replacement radio for spare vehicle; install cost cited at $8,314

County staff told Brown County commissioners that a spare county vehicle currently lacks a working radio and recommended purchasing an older radio from LCORA to install in the county’s upgraded vehicles.

Staff said the situation arose after the county upgraded a set of vehicles and found the spare car no longer had an operational radio. They presented an estimated install cost of $8,314 to place a radio into a 2024 model county vehicle (referred to in the transcript as a "24 motor power"). Staff indicated the radio unit itself came from LCORA and that maintaining a spare operational vehicle with communications capability was the motivation for the purchase.

The presentation included discussion of prior vehicles and why staff had not invested in repairing older units. The transcript contains additional, partially garbled price lines; the only clearly reported install figure in the discussion was $8,314. Commissioners asked clarifying questions but did not record a motion or formal vote on the radio purchase during the excerpted discussion.

Staff did not cite a specific procurement code or statutory authority in the meeting excerpt; the item was discussed as an operational maintenance and equipment issue. No contract award or purchase order was recorded in the transcript segment provided.