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THIS PAGE SPONSORED BY PETERSON ANTHONY INSURANCE
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06/20/2012
THE MARTIN COUNTY BOARD ON TUESDAY APPROVED GOING AHEAD WITH THE PURCHASE OF ALL THE EQUIPMENT NEEDED FOR THE FEDERALLY MANDATED CHANGEOVER OF EMERGENCY RESPONSE RADIO EQUIPMENT. THE COST TO THE COUN T AS OF RIGHT NOW WOULD BE 1.102 MILLIN DOLLARS. THE ACTUAL COST WAS OVER1.5 MILLION BUT A REGIONAL CONSOLE GRANT AND E-911 FUNDS THE COUNTY HAS COVERED ABOUT A THIRD OF THE COST. COMMISSIONERS WERE TOLD THAT IF THEY DID NOT ORDER BEFORE THURSDAY THIS WEEK THE COST ON SOME MOTOROLA RADIOS THEY PLAN TO PURCHASE WOULD GO UP 400 DOLLARS APIECE-THAT WOULD INCREASE THE COUNTY COST BY 147,000 DOLLARS.
THE COUNTY MUST ORDER NOW BUT DO NOT HAVE TO PAY FOR THE EQUIPMENT UNTIL IT IS INSTALLED. THAT FACT BROUGHT UP THE POINT AS TO HOW TO PAY FOR IT. COMMISSIONER STEVE PIERCE WANTED TO PAY FOR IT OUT OF THE RESERVE FUND AND NOT BURDEN THE TAXPAYERS WITH DEBT. COMMISSIONER DAN SCHMIDTKE CONCURRED BUT ADDED THAT HE WOULD WANT TO SEE HOW AT WOULD AFFECT NEXT YEARS TAX LEVY WHICH HE WANTED TO KEEP AS LOW AS POSSIBLE. THIS YEAR THE COUNTY'S ADDED LEVY WAS AT 1.9 PER CENT MAINLY BECAUSE 500,000 DOLLARS WAS TAKEN FROM THAT RESERVE POT. COMMISSIONER ELLIOT BELGARD THOUGHT THAT COMMISSIONERS SHOULD WAIT AND SEE ABOUT THE COST OF COUNTY DITCH IMPROVEMENTS AND THEN CONFER WITH THE COUNTIES FINANCIAL ADVISOR TO SEE IF BONDING IN SOME FORM FOR THAT AND THE RADIO UPGRADE WOULD BE A BETTER WAY TO GO.
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ROD HALVORSEN
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