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County approves alarm monitoring agreements with Kingdom Fire Pros for dispatch and jail
Summary
Erath County approved unified dispatch monitoring at about $54.99 per month and a jail alarm monitoring/inspection agreement (annual amount presented approx. $7,927.50) with Kingdom Fire Pros, a family-owned local vendor; court deferred final numeric review until paperwork confirmed.
Erath County Commissioner's Court considered and approved alarm monitoring service agreements with Kingdom Fire Pros for unified dispatch services and for the county jail.
The business owner representing Kingdom Fire Pros described the company as family-owned with about 16 employees and said services include monitoring and inspections across county facilities. Pricing discussed in the meeting included $54.99 per month (annual $659.88) for the unified dispatch monitoring and an annual jail contract price in the $7,000 to $8,000 range (transcript amounts include $7,927.50 and $7,009.27 noted at different points; the court asked staff to confirm exact figures in the contract paperwork before final signature). After confirming the monthly and annual pricing numbers and the scope of inspection and preventive maintenance services, the court approved the monitoring agreements by motion.
The agreements cover monitoring and required annual inspections that the jail must maintain to meet relevant standards; if parts or repairs are needed additional costs may apply under the service terms.
