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County staff ask commissioners to move $1.3M toward radio and microwave upgrades; IS says $115K reduction possible
Summary
Information Services and Emergency Communications staff described a planned multi-million-dollar radio and microwave upgrade, outlined near-term payments and proposed a reduction to an earlier $1.3 million request after clarifying invoices and agency billing plans.
Beau from Information Services and Emergency Communications (EC) staff outlined a multi-part plan to pay for ongoing county radio and microwave upgrades and asked the Board of Commissioners to approve transfers to finance near-term invoices.
Beau said the overall package discussed with EC totaled about $1.3 million in transfers to fund BCS vendor invoices and the radio upgrade rollout. He detailed scheduled payments: an immediate payment of $543,000 to BCS for the microwave upgrade, a second planned microwave payment of $425,000 in early 2026 and a planned radio upgrade payment of about…
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