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IRPS committee approves grants, equipment contracts and mutual aid; defers homelessness diversion and tire‑dumping resolutions

5602333 · August 19, 2025
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DeKalb County's IRPS committee on May 20 approved several grants and contract actions for public safety operations and extended a mutual aid pact with Rockdale County, while deferring two resolutions for further staff review.

DeKalb County's IRPS (Employee Relations and Public Safety) committee on May 20 approved a slate of grants, contract renewals and amendments and a 10-year mutual aid agreement with neighboring Rockdale County, while deferring two resolutions on homelessness diversion and scrap-tire dumping for more staff review.

The committee approved an annual High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) grant of $276,156 to assist the county's narcotics unit with overtime and related expenses. The vote to approve item 20251088 passed by voice vote from the committee members present.

The panel also ratified and renewed a vehicle decal contract (contract 1342927) with AKO Signs Inc. for an amount not to exceed $156,554, extending the term through July 31, 2026, and ratifying work done during the first renewal period.

A change order to contract 1295994 with West Chatham Warning Devices Inc. for parts and heavy-duty vehicle wraps and push bumpers to support PIT maneuvers was approved in an…

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