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Commissioners hear $37,125 proposal to upgrade adult probation security, smaller quote for juvenile cameras

Rockwall County Commissioners Court · August 15, 2024
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Summary

County staff and Commissioner Maklick reviewed vendor quotes for security upgrades: an adult probation access-control and camera package estimated at $37,125 and juvenile-center camera replacements around $4,520; commissioners debated scope and whether to include these in the second-draft budget.

Commissioner Maklick presented vendor quotes for security upgrades at county facilities, saying adult probation requested an access-control and video-surveillance upgrade that could total approximately $37,125 including equipment and labor, while the juvenile center has a smaller quoted camera replacement of about $4,520. "That $37,125.34 is the total proposed amount for the adult probation," Maklick said while explaining the scope and possible reuse of existing cabling.

Maintenance director Barry Compton (identified in the meeting packet) and other commissioners discussed that the adult probation location is a county-owned building originally converted from other uses and operates under landlord-tenant arrangements with state and third-party programs, complicating long-term security planning. Commissioners agreed to consider the quotes as potential additions to the second-draft FY2025 budget rather than excluding them outright.