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Durham County commissioners review consent agenda including shelter contracts, radio upgrades and EMS facility funding
Summary
At a Feb. 2 work session the Durham County Board of County Commissioners considered a broad consent agenda that included proposed contracts for community intervention and a daytime shelter, funding for radio infrastructure and mobile radios, and a multi-million-dollar share of an EMS co-located facility; many items were presented for authorization rather than final vote in the agenda text.
Durham County commissioners met in a virtual work session Feb. 2 to review a consent agenda containing multiple contracts, budget amendments and land-protection actions that county staff recommended the Board authorize.
The County Manager recommended a $500,000 contract with Hayti Reborn - Justice Movement to coordinate community intervention efforts countywide and a $350,000 contract with Urban Ministries of Durham to operate a Homeless Day Shelter and Services Center pilot designed to provide daytime shelter, basic services and connections to housing resources. Krystal Harris, director of Community Intervention & Support Services, and Samantha Smith, management analyst for the county manager’s office, were listed as resource persons for those items.
County financial and project requests included authorization to execute a $133,000 operational assessment…
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