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Board approves purchase of vape detectors amid debate over grant use
Summary
The board approved purchasing 22 vape detectors and related subscription services funded by opioid-abatement FR funds; one board member argued grant money should go to education rather than policing and said they would vote no.
The board approved a purchase of vape detectors and licenses intended for Anderson County Middle School and Anderson County High School, funded by Family Resource (FR) funds from an opioid abatement grant, after a motion and roll-call vote.
During discussion a board member objected to using grant funds to install detectors, saying grant dollars should support education rather than policing. "I'm tired of grants out there given not to educate children ... I would like to see them give Grant monies for a campaign ... to educate children ... not to police them and I'm going to vote no," the member said. The motion passed despite that opposition.
The purchase was described in the meeting as 22 detectors and associated licenses from Triton; the exact dollar amount read in the transcript is garbled and is recorded in clarifying_details for follow-up verification.
Board members did not request additional study before the vote; the approval was recorded by roll-call.
