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Rosebud County commissioners approve short-term landfill consulting contract and five-year 911 call system agreement
Summary
Rosebud County commissioners voted March 3 to approve a short-term engineering consulting contract for the county landfill and to award a five-year payment plan for a new 911 call solution (recorded in the transcript as Zetron) totaling $331,345. Commissioners directed staff to finalize contracts and begin implementation.
Rosebud County commissioners on March 3 approved two procurement items: a short-term engineering consulting contract for the county landfill and a five-year payment agreement for a new 911 call solution.
The board approved a consulting contract for the Rosebud County landfill covering April 2026 through Dec. 31, 2026, with a lump-sum fee of $11,500 to be paid in quarterly installments. A committee member noted the contractor "has been doing that for us for 30, 40 years, I think," citing the consultant's long association with county landfill work. The motion to approve the contract was moved, seconded and carried.
The board also approved the 9-1-1 dispatch center's recommended vendor for a new call-handling system. The 9-1-1 board recommended awarding a five-year payment plan to the vendor recorded in the meeting transcript as "Zetron"; the transcript contains multiple spellings of the vendor name. Under the five-year plan discussed in the meeting, the county will make equal annual payments of $66,269 for a total of $331,345. The vendor's bid was described in the meeting as the low, complete bid among five submitted.
Jenny, a 9-1-1 dispatch representative present for the item, said the system in the bid is "fully NextGen compliant and ready," and described a plan in which the vendor would install the system and provide training; routine maintenance thereafter would be handled by a local company. Commissioners and the 9-1-1 representative discussed possible additional costs related to networking (for example, obtaining IP addresses) and the timetable for contract signing and installation. One commissioner asked whether the vendor would subcontract installation; the 9-1-1 representative replied the vendor would likely do initial installation and training and local firms would handle ongoing maintenance.
Both motions carried; the chair said staff will finalize contract documents and proceed with implementation steps. The meeting adjourned after the agenda items were concluded.
