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Houghton County approves nearly $79,350 in 911 equipment purchases to address pager and radio issues
Summary
The Board approved 911 Advisory Board recommendations to buy radios, dual-band pagers, batteries and Premier 1 onboarding (totaling about $77,350 one-time plus an $8,007.24 annual maintenance line), all to be paid from 911 funds to address local pager reliability problems in Tamarack and Hubbell and support first responders.
The Houghton County Board of Commissioners on April 11 approved purchase recommendations from the county 911 Advisory Board to update communications equipment used by school resource officers, fire departments and dispatch-connected devices.
Under Sheriff Jon Giachino presented four items the 911 Board had approved and said…
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