Payment is due 911 system

Karen Brady
The Tuttle Times

May 13, 2009 10:33 am

— The second installment payment of $26,813 for the three-year agreement on the Reverse 911 system has come due.
According to Paulette Nicholas, deputy director of Grady County Emergency Management, the municipalities and fire departments of Minco, Amber, Ninnekah, Verden, Alex and Rush Springs, along with the Grady County Fire Department, pay $50 per month to go toward the Reverse 911 system. Nicholas said the balance of the account is around $6,000, leaving the rest, about $21,000, to be covered by the Grady County Commissioners.
Last year, the highway districts split the cost of the system, but the Reverse 911 account funds may be used to fund part of the bill. The county clerk will notify the sheriff’s office about the funds and Commissioner Jack Porter made a motion to approve the three districts splitting the cost with some of the funds coming from the Reverse 911 account.
Next, the board voted to approve a plat for Glen Arbor addition, excluding county road maintenance and there was no action taken on six-month road oil bids for all districts.
The board then accepted a bid of $1354.31 for a section of county-owned property in Rush Springs.
Grady County Treasurer Robin Burton told the board that county highway funds may not be used to purchase uniforms for the tax deputy according to the State Auditor and Inspector’s Office and that her office would purchase the uniforms. Burton requested that cleaning of the uniforms be paid for through the general fund and the board agreed.
Burton previously requested a cell phone for the tax deputy, but said the cell phone is not a problem at this time as he is using his personal phone. Burton also said that a donated vehicle would not be necessary for the tax deputy as it is too small to hold all of the deputy’s necessary equipment.
The board took no action on these items.
Finally, the board voted to approve the correction of payment on a bid from Warren Cat for District One because the bid required payment and not a lease purchase, and also approved a motion to select Cobb Engineering Company of Oklahoma City for bridge inspections.