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Board OKs mountaintop communications gear and authorizes sheriff to sign BearCat lease
Summary
The board approved purchase of mountaintop microwave links and repeaters (quoted $126,646.41) from Sierra Electronics using federal grant funds and later authorized the sheriff to execute a lease for an armored BearCat vehicle; staff said the work will improve dispatch redundancy across the county.
Captain Mike Carney of the sheriff's office briefed the board on the county’s second round of spending under a federal congressional communications grant shared with a neighboring county. Carney said the initial round purchased handheld radios and vehicle repeaters; the current purchase will replace three microwave links and add two repeaters to improve coverage, particularly in the county’s northern and…
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