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Pratt County approves $66,275 emergency vehicle purchase, transfers special-equipment funds
Summary
The Pratt County Board approved purchasing emergency response equipment/vehicle for $66,275.34 and authorized transferring special-equipment funds from EMS to emergency management; commissioners directed departmental staff to reconcile internal fund allocations.
The Pratt County Board of County Commissioners voted to buy emergency response equipment and a vehicle for $66,275.34 and to fund the purchase from the countyspecial-equipment account.
During discussion, commissioners said EMS and emergency management would transfer the necessary special-equipment balance between departmental accounts so the vehicle could be purchased promptly. Speaker 8 said the truck is being held while the departments determine the funding allocation; the board agreed the exact internal accounting could be worked out by Brian and BJ after the motion passed.
The board moved, seconded and approved the purchase by voice vote. Commissioners also discussed the fair market value of a replacement truck (participants discussed a figure of about $12,000 as an internal estimate) and directed staff to finalize paperwork and procurement timing with the vendor.
The boardalso discussed logistics for taking delivery and coordinating vehicle outfitting; staff were instructed to proceed with ordering and to report back to the board on fund reconciliation. The purchase was approved during the meeting; no roll-call tally with named votes was recorded in the transcript, only a voice vote was noted.
Next steps: departmental staff will complete the interdepartmental fund transfers and finalize delivery/fit-out arrangements, with implementation details to be reported to the commission.
