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Neptune Beach police request radio replacements, outline paid-parking rollout and vehicle costs

Neptune Beach City Council (budget review) · August 18, 2025
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Summary

Police Chief Key told the council the city must buy three radios after a county encryption change, proposing to use a $93,000 radio trust fund; he also updated the paid-parking vendor timeline and described vehicle costs and a JAG-funded Explorer.

Chief Key told the council that a county-managed encryption change for the First Coast radio system left two of the city's mobile police radios incompatible and recommended purchasing three radios — two replacements and one for a new vehicle — at roughly $5,000 each. "Radios are expensive. They're $5,000 each approximately," Chief Key said, adding that the city can fund the purchase from the radio communication trust fund, which he said "has $93,000 in it."

The chief outlined that the First Coast system is a county…

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