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Commissioners award sheriff equipment contracts, approve related grants for mobile data and printers
Summary
The Rockingham County Board awarded contracts for dispatch center furniture and ruggedized mobile data computers and approved a related highway safety grant amendment covering mobile data terminals and eCRASH equipment. Commissioners and staff said most purchases are grant‑funded, with specified local matches for computers.
The Rockingham County Board of Commissioners approved several contracts and a grant amendment at its Jan. 23 meeting to outfit the sheriff’s dispatch and patrol operations with new furniture, ruggedized mobile data computers and mobile printers.
The board voted to award an RFP for ‘‘dispatch emergency operations center furniture’’ to Hertz Furniture for an amount not to exceed $17,752, contingent on securing state grant funding for the purchase. The board also approved a contract award for ruggedized mobile data computers and mobile printers to Connection for an amount not to exceed $30,058; county staff said the MDT and printer grant will cover most costs but that the county will provide a local match for some units.
‘‘The printer side of things, the printer and the mounts are 100% funded by the grant. The computers and the computer mounts are 75, 25% split,’’ a county staff member explained to the board when commissioners asked how much would be paid from the county budget. The staff member added several of the computers will come out of the sheriff’s operating budget and that the submitted bids came in under budget.
Separately, the board approved an amendment to the New Hampshire Office of Highway Safety equipment grant application for fiscal year 2025 to cover mobile data terminals and eCRASH equipment. The transcript records the grant amendment motion with the amount as read into the record; county staff indicated printers are fully covered by the grant while laptops carry a grant/local match split.
Commissioners approved the contract awards and grant amendment by voice vote with no recorded opposition.
What the board approved
- Award dispatch emergency operations center furniture to Hertz Furniture, not to exceed $17,752, contingent upon securing grant funding. - Award ruggedized mobile data computers and mobile printers to Connection, not to exceed $30,058; printers and mounts 100% grant funded, computers 75/25 split (grant/local match). - Approve amendment to FY25 New Hampshire Office of Highway Safety equipment grant application for mobile data terminals and eCRASH equipment (amount recorded in the minutes as read into the record).
Speakers: County procurement and sheriff’s staff explained the grant splits and budget implications; the board recorded unanimous approval of the motions. The awards will move forward once the state grants are secured and county match amounts are allocated in departmental budgets.
