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Barbour County authorizes E-911 board to buy property in Eufaula for new communications center

Barbour County Commission · January 13, 2026
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Summary

The commission approved the Barbour County E-911 Board’s request to purchase property in Eufaula for a new E-911 Communications Center and authorized the board to enter a purchase agreement; the request had earlier been raised by E-911 Board Chairman Heath Clark during public input.

Heath Clark, chairman of the Barbour County E-911 Board, asked the commission during public input to approve purchasing land for a new E-911 Communications Center. Later in the meeting, Commissioner Jason Bennett moved to approve the E-911 board’s request to purchase property in Eufaula and to authorize the E-911 Board to enter into a purchase agreement; Commissioner Eric Pomeroy seconded and the motion carried unanimously.

The minutes record that the request began as a public-input item and was subsequently placed on the agenda and approved by the commission. No purchase price, parcel identification, or funding source was included in the minutes.

The authorization directs the Barbour County E-911 Board to proceed with acquisition steps, subject to the board’s execution of a purchase agreement and any applicable procurement or funding approvals required by county policy.