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Grand Forks County approves purchase and budget amendment for highway radio replacement
Summary
The Grand Forks County Commission approved replacing the county highway department two-way radio fleet, authorizing purchase and a budget amendment to cover costs not covered by a state reimbursement program.
Grand Forks County Commission approved a plan to replace the county highway department’s two-way radio system and amended the 2025 Highway Distribution Fund to cover the local share.
County Highway Department staff told commissioners their existing analog system will stop working within the next one to two years and that failure to upgrade would leave the department without a functioning radio system. “If we don't upgrade, we won't have a radio system,” the staff member said. The staff provided a vendor quote that lists material costs at about $99,588 and estimated total county out-of-pocket cost, after an expected State of North Dakota reimbursement, at roughly $50,088.24 including…
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