Charles "Chuck" Wyckoff, 9-1-1 board member, reported to the commissioners that Inter Act, which has offices in Little Rock, Ark., will provide the equipment for $104,657 with a one-year warranty. A four-year maintenance contract will cost $58,233, for a total of $162,890.
Wyckoff said, "We hope we can pay for the contract out of the 9-1-1 funds."
The 9-1-1 system, which serves central and western Sequoyah County, is supported by telephone fees. The system also received a $19,000 grant from the Eastern Oklahoma Development District (EODD) in Muskogee.
Wyckoff said the equipment is expected to be installed within about 90 days. "But that takes us right into the holiday season," he added, indicating the holidays may cause delays.
Mapping the county, which includes numbering roads and addressing, might also delay the implementation of the new system, Wyckoff said. The mapping and addressing is being done by EODD personnel who have not yet finished the project, Wyckoff explained.
"They said the equipment could be installed in a week," Wyckoff said, "but the hard part will be loading the mapping and addressing into the computers."
The commissioners approved a resolution for replacement of a low-water bridge on a county road northeast of Central School. District 3 Commissioner Mike Huff said the $133,000 project will make the road safer for school buses.
Huff said his crew will also be resurfacing a portion of Redland Road, north of U.S. Highway 64. Crews began chipping and sealing the road this week he said.
The commissioners also approved the purchase of trucks, at $70,964 each, for Districts 1 and 2.
