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County administrator: bridge bid exceeds award; radios distributed; dispatch alarm monitoring to end
Summary
County administrator Janelle Dockbrook told commissioners that a KDOT off-system bridge award of $1.25 million will not fully cover a low bid and the county expects an additional local share; the county continues distribution of 800 radios to responders and will discontinue alarm monitoring through dispatch due to AT&T copper-line retirements.
County administrator Janelle Dockbrook updated the Dickinson County Board of Commissioners on multiple operational items, saying the low bid for a 60-foot off-system bridge exceeded the grant award and will require additional county funds, that new radios are being distributed to responders and that alarm monitoring through county dispatch will be discontinued because of telecommunications changes.
Dockbrook said the county's application to the Kansas Department of Transportation's…
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