Huerfano County approves contracts, generator purchase and lease agreements

Huerfano County commissioners on June 17 approved a series of procurement and grant actions needed for elections, emergency services and public-safety operations.

The board approved a printing and mailing agreement for ballots with an outside vendor, authorized a purchase order for a backup generator at the county's 129 Ambulance Building, approved a five-year lease for tasers for the sheriff's office, added SMS texting to the county's CodeRed emergency-notification contract, authorized a vendor payment batch, and authorized submission of a brownfields/asbestos and lead abatement grant application. All motions were called and passed during the meeting.

The ballot printing and mailing agreement was presented to the board as a contract with CFP and lisonbee services (as named in the meeting record) to provide printing and mailing services for upcoming elections. The presenter said the contract will reduce costs compared with other vendors the county has used but noted the figure stated in the transcript was unclear; the item was approved. The transcript references an amount shown as "$11.01 70" (ambiguous in the record); the board discussed placing a maximum or "not to exceed" figure and referenced a…