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Sevierville board approves grants, equipment purchases, drone program and vehicle donation
Summary
The Sevierville board authorized a set of routine but consequential items March 16 including police overtime grant funding ($65,000), vehicle donation to Sevier County High School, proprietary fire communications purchases, low-voltage wiring for Fire Station 4, and participation in a BRINC drone-first-responder pilot.
At its March 16 meeting the Sevierville Board of Mayor and Aldermen approved a package of grants, equipment purchases and program participations intended to support public safety and community programs.
The board approved grant applications and contracts presented by Holly Jones, including a Tennessee Highway Safety Office Driving Under the Influence (DUI) Program grant for overtime and supplies totaling $65,000 and a $5,000 Walmart Spark Good Program award for community engagement supplies. The board also approved participation in the Our Rescue Program for acquisition of an electronic storage-detection K9 to assist in combating human trafficking and child exploitation; the transcript does not specify the procurement cost for that item.
Fire Chief Matt Henderson requested approval of two proprietary communications purchases tied to the department's system: two-way radios and accessories priced at $36,897.30 and an operations channel and console priced at $27,941.30. Brian Wagner requested purchase of low-voltage wiring for Fire Station 4 from NAS for $23,787.50; the board approved all three expenditures.
The board approved the city's participation in the BRINC MSI Takeoff Program with BRINC and Motorola, a drone-as-first-responder pilot that city staff said would place two drones on City-owned buildings and allow auto-dispatch on certain calls; staff stated the first year of participation carries no cost to the city. The board also approved donating a surplus 2014 Ford Explorer (cruiser #1415, VIN 1FM5K8AR5EGB79738) to Sevier County High School's Criminal Justice program.
Most motions were moved and seconded by aldermen and carried without recorded dissent. There were no public comments during the meeting. Follow-up tasks noted in the meeting minutes include correcting a statutory citation tied to a property-transfer resolution and scheduling procurement/installation tasks for approved purchases.
