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Clay County signs $210,000 lease to buy new 800 MHz radios
Summary
The Board of Clay County Commissioners signed a $210,000 lease‑purchase agreement at 3.99% interest to acquire new 800 MHz mobile and portable radios for county departments; the funds will support upgraded public-safety communications.
The Board of Clay County Commissioners signed a Lease‑Purchase Agreement with Union State Bank for $210,000 at a 3.99% interest rate to purchase new 800 MHz mobile and portable radios for county departments.
Chairman David M. Thurlow signed the agreement during the April 13 meeting. The purchase was presented as a capital financing move to provide updated interoperable radios for county emergency and public-safety use. Emergency Manager Jim Bogart told the Board that the new radios are arriving and that Brad Homman of Homman Electronics will program each department’s radios and provide user training.
The lease is recorded as a Board action and will be paid through the county’s financing arrangements; specific repayment schedule details were not specified during the meeting. The Board approved other related equipment and programming steps at the same meeting, and staff were directed to proceed with radio programming and training.
