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Lamar County Schools approves Omnilert gun-detection grant and moves forward on security procurements
Summary
The board approved a grant-backed Omnilert gun-detection order ($58,795), authorized a reverse auction for weapons detection, and approved advertising for a distributed firewall; Centegix crisis alert renewal ($149,500) also appears in consent items. All actions passed unanimously.
The Lamar County Board of Education authorized several safety and security measures at the Oct. 14 meeting.
The consent agenda included approval of a three‑year Omnilert agreement for AI-powered visual gun detection and related hardware and onboarding services. The Omnilert order form in the packet lists a total services and hardware price of $58,795 (grant discount applied), a contract term of 36 months and implementation/onboarding line items. The Omnilert documentation names Dr. Wesley Quick as district signatory and David Fraser as Omnilert’s CEO; billing and shipping contacts in the packet list district staff contact information.
Separately, the board voted unanimously to advertise a distributed firewall project and to advertise a reverse auction for a weapons detection system (motions recorded earlier in the meeting). The consent agenda also contains a Centegix crisis-alert system renewal listed at $149,500 to be paid from District Safety Improvements funds.
Board members recorded no dissent on the motions. Packet materials show product descriptions, contract terms, funding source lines (including grant discount and District Safety Improvements fund references) and contact names for vendor coordination.
