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Commissioners authorize $470,000 radio upgrade and $146,950 in law-enforcement equipment
Summary
Sanilac County authorized a major VHF radio communications upgrade for central dispatch and approved a six-figure purchase of patrol shields for the drug task force; both measures carried by voice vote at the July 1 meeting.
The Sanilac County Board of Commissioners approved two public-safety-related purchases at its July 1 meeting.
The board authorized an upgrade to the county’s VHF analog radio communication system to add digital capability at a cost not to exceed $470,764.40 and approved $9,600 for programming changes to enable patching with Michigan State Police radios. The agenda lists the 9-1-1 millage as the funding source for both items.
The board also authorized the purchase of 20 ultralight patrol shields and 10 connectors from Beam Composites USA Inc. for the county drug task force, at a cost not to exceed $146,950; funding is identified as the drug task force millage.
Both motions were presented from the finance agenda and carried by voice vote with no opposition on the record.
