The Anderson County Commission has been looking for a way to spend ARPA funds and at their last meeting, Sheriff Vern Valentine presented one way to use the Federal COVID Relief dollars.
The state of Kansas is mandating all law enforcement radios become encrypted so information is more secure. The Commission approved the upgrade of 10 radios at a cost of just over $29,000 by T-FM Communications and an update to the dispatch consoles to make all communication encrypted at a total of $502,000, with a six-year warranty of over $286,000. Those upgrades will come directly from the Motorola Company. The upgrades will be paid for out of the EMS Tax Lid Reserve Fund.
All the commissioners were in support of the upgrade and voted for the proposal.
