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Coffee County purchasing committee declares 18 sheriff's vehicles and 81 firearms surplus
Summary
At its April 16 meeting, the Coffee County Purchasing Committee approved motions to declare 18 sheriff's department vehicles and 81 firearms surplus; most items were approved for sale by the LESO office except one truck still pending review.
The Coffee County Purchasing Committee voted April 16 to declare 18 sheriff's department vehicles and 81 firearms surplus, clearing the way for disposal or sale of the items.
Committee discussion opened after the chair moved to new business and asked Frank Watkins to present the sheriff's request. Watkins said the 18 vehicles include seized property and military equipment received through the LESO 1033 program, and that the items were sent to the LESO office for review. "All but one has been approved for sale," Watkins said, identifying the exception as a 1994 LMTV cargo truck (item 10) that is still awaiting LESO approval. He listed other equipment by type, including a Landall trailer, a Fontaine trailer, an International Durastar wrecker, a Mack electric truck and a Chevrolet bucket truck.
Watkins also said the 81 firearms proposed for surplus were items that had been confiscated, claimed as abandoned or awarded as evidence by courts.
Sammy Anderson moved to declare the 18 vehicles surplus; the motion was seconded and approved by voice vote. The committee then moved and seconded a separate motion to declare the 81 firearms surplus; that motion likewise passed by voice vote. The minutes record the approvals as voice votes with the committee responding "I," and do not record individual roll-call votes.
After the motions, a staff member identified as Jonathan reported on an ongoing county-wide inventory effort, saying small departments are largely complete while larger departments, including the sheriff's office, are still being inventoried. He said the schedules had been "cleaned up" and that progress was "pretty good."
The committee did not set a future meeting date; the chair said the purchasing committee meets as needed and then adjourned the meeting.
Next steps: the county will proceed with LESO and internal disposal procedures for the approved items; one vehicle remains pending external approval, and no sale or disposal timelines were provided in the record.
