County Receives Grant Funds For Radios
The Roosevelt County commissioners approved a transfer of funds on two motions during a special administrative meeting on Wednesday, June 30.
Commissioners unanimously approved the transfer of $30,350.01 from the Stonegarden grant fund into the small support equipment fund.
Commissioners also approved the transfer of $30,487.85 between the two funds. That amount will pay for sheriff office’s radios.
During a meeting in January, commissioners agreed to hold off on the purchase of the five new radios until the funds were in hand. The grant funds arrived this week.
Parts aren’t available to repair the office’s older radios.
“The sheriff called me. He’s in desperate need for new radios,” Commissioner Gary Macdonald said during a meeting in January.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Operation Stonegarden Grant Program provides funding to enhance cooperation and coordination among state, local, tribal, territorial and federal law enforcement agencies to jointly enhance security along the United States’ land and water borders.
