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Votes at a glance: DeKalb OPS approves equipment and contract actions, and moves to sell surplus vote-center hubs
Summary
At the Aug. 5 DeKalb County Operations Committee meeting, members approved sale of surplus vote-center hubs (estimated proceeds $209,025), multiple fleet and equipment contracts — including refuse trucks ($7.65M), a mobile voting outreach vehicle ($511,987), animal shelter quarter payment ($2.18M), police pursuit vehicles ($2.00M) and three CNG tractors ($886,155).
The DeKalb County Operations Committee approved several procurement and operational items on Aug. 5, 2025, awarding or authorizing contracts and change orders across elections, fleet, sanitation and animal-shelter services.
Vote-center hubs: Director Smith, representing Voter Registration and Elections, told the committee the county will sell surplus storage/hub units as the election system shifts to more early-voting sites. Staff said they plan to sell 107 D1 units and 93 D2 units, retain all D4 units, and do not expect any voter impact.…
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