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County manager presents consent agenda including $865,273.57 EMS equipment purchase and $14.1 million encumbrance rollover
Summary
Manager Hager presented consent items Dec. 1 that included a $10,000 gift recognition, an EMS equipment contract totaling $865,273.57, a $1,500 grant for disaster risk training, and a $14.1 million encumbrance rollover; the items were presented to move to the board’s regular session or January meeting.
County Manager Hager presented several consent‑agenda items at the Dec. 1 Durham County work session, including budget amendments and a contract for emergency‑response equipment.
Hager listed the items: a budget ordinance amendment to recognize a $10,000 gift from the Carnegie Corporation of New York (ordinance referenced in the packet), a proposed contract with Steiker to purchase 11 power‑load units for $364,334.85, 45 stair chairs for $319,007.45 and seven LUCAS devices for $181,231.27 (total $865,273.57) to support the Office of Emergency Services/EMS; a budget amendment to recognize a $1,500 grant from North Carolina A&T State University for disaster risk management training for Cooperative Extension; and the fiscal year 2025‑26 encumbrance rollover increasing multiple funds by $14,100,000 (ordinance 26‑39) to roll outstanding year‑end commitments into the current fiscal year.
Commissioners acknowledged the consent agenda; the manager noted several items would be moved to the regular meeting or January for further consideration as appropriate. No roll‑call vote on the consent items is recorded in the work‑session transcript excerpt.
Consent‑agenda items will appear on the regular board agenda for formal action as appropriate.
