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Commissioners approve radios and multiple county vehicles; fuel-system upgrade tabled for additional bids
Summary
Walker County commissioners approved purchase orders for mobile radios (sheriff, fire), several county vehicles and an EMA vehicle, and agreed to seek additional quotes on a proposed $100,000 fuel-system upgrade before acting.
LAFAYETTE, Ga. — During the Feb. 6 meeting the Walker County Board of Commissioners approved purchase orders for communications equipment and multiple vehicles across county departments, and tabled a proposed fuel-site upgrade while staff gathers additional competitive quotes.
What the board approved: County officials authorized the purchase of 45 mobile radios for the sheriff’s office ($107,406.37 to Sunny Communications) and radios and batteries for Fire & Rescue ($84,162.24 to Motorola Solutions). The board also approved purchase orders for vehicles for emergency management, planning and codes, facilities/maintenance and landfill operations; several were funded from the 2020 SPLOST vehicle replacement allocations.
Curtis Creekmer, the county emergency-management director, explained the radio purchases are intended to replace aging units and to prepare for an upcoming encryption upgrade in the radio system. “The sheriff’s department was requesting…
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