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Orange Beach council approves batch of equipment purchases, service agreements and event funding
Summary
At its Feb. 3 meeting the council approved multiple resolutions: vehicle and equipment purchases for police and fire, software and maintenance agreements, a $25,000 appropriation for the Wharf Independence Day event, and other budgeted procurements.
The Orange Beach City Council on Feb. 3 approved a package of resolutions authorizing vehicles, equipment and service agreements across several departments and appropriated $25,000 for a July Fourth street party at the Wharf.
Key authorizations included: purchase of four police vehicles on state bid for $180,800.66; ammunition for the police department (Precision Delta Corp) for $31,844.65; cardiac monitors and defibrillators for the fire department (Zoll Medical Corporation) for $122,904.74; two Lucas chest compression systems for $39,879.92; and multiple fire and Sportsplex vehicle purchases and equipment. Council also approved a supplemental task order with Thompson Engineering for Canal Road multi‑use trail inspection/administration for $69,883 and a task order with Loos of Tennessee for aquatic center design services (transcript lists roughly $781,000; figure was spoken with some verbal ambiguity).
Council adopted a service agreement with Motorola Solutions for police software maintenance and licensed RaptorMed medical records software for the Orange Beach Wildlife Center. A sole‑source purchase of diffuser sleeves for utilities was listed at $37,896. The council declared 24 golf carts surplus and authorized purchase of 28 new carts for the golf center for $150,544.18 after trade‑in.
On events funding, the council appropriated $25,000 to support the Wharf’s 2026 Independence Day street party; council members discussed previous crowd counts (Christmas tree lighting 8,000–9,000; New Year’s ~18,000) and said the Fourth of July could attract more attendees.
All resolutions on the consent/regular agenda were adopted by voice vote; where the transcript records an abstention it is noted (one abstention was recorded on a certification motion during the meeting).
