DeKalb County committee approves multiple public-safety contracts, asks for radio-contract spending details

DeKalb County commissioners’ committee on an administrative agenda voted to approve a series of procurement and grant items for police, fire and emergency medical services, and asked staff to provide additional budget and spending details on a multi‑year radio equipment contract.

The committee unanimously approved, by voice vote, purchases and contract extensions for a Forcemetrics information platform, radio equipment installation and maintenance, false‑alarm billing services, radio batteries and other emergency‑service supplies. Commissioners asked for a written reconciliation of prior spending on the Motorola radio contract and clarified the source of funds for several items.

Why this matters: the purchases affect frontline police, fire and EMS operations across DeKalb County and include both grant‑funded purchases and revenue‑generating arrangements. Commissioners sought clarity on contract scopes and past expenditures before final board action on some items.

The meeting opened with approval of committee minutes for the Dec. 3 meeting (agenda item 1675). The committee then moved through police‑services and public‑safety procurement items.

Police services Chief Ramos described agenda item 1586 as a request to purchase software and related services from Forcemetrics “not to exceed $330,000.” He said the platform would let officers “go into one system and get all of the information from one source,” and that the $330,000 would be paid with grant funding.

The committee approved the Forcemetrics purchase on a motion and voice vote.

Radio equipment contract and spending questions The committee approved a sole‑source change order (agenda item 1406) for radio equipment installation, maintenance, repairs and removal services, awarded to Mobile Communications America Inc., and extended the contract term through Dec. 31, 2025. The agenda materials and discussion contain inconsistent numeric figures for the requested total; commissioners asked…