September 23, 2016
Board of
Commissioners Regular Meetings October 4 at 9:00 AM October 18 at 6:30 PM
Police Department Purchases 30 New Vehicles
Meetings held at: Administration Building Community Room 140 Henry Parkway McDonough, GA 30253 Regular Commission meetings air daily on Henry TV Channel 180 and AT&T U-Verse Channel 99, at 9 a.m. & 7 p.m.
The Henry County Police Department was approved to purchase 30 Dodge Chargers from Akins Ford Dodge Jeep Chrysler of Winder, Georgia at the September 20 Commission meeting. The new vehicles will help meet the operational needs for fleet replacement for the department and will cost $700,477 in total. A budget amendment to transfer $700,477 from the General Fund Balance to the Capital Asset Fund for the Police Department was also approved to provide the necessary funding for the purchase. In related public safety news, a bid for the remounting and refurbishing of two emergency medical vehicles belonging to the Fire Department was awarded at the September 20 Commission meeting. The bid was awarded to Custom Truck and Body Works, Inc. of Woodbury, Georgia for $222,176. Additional funding for vehicle equipment in the amount of $52,824 was approved at the regular meeting, as was a budget amendment that transferred $275,000 from the General Fund Balance to the Capital Asset Fund for the Fire Department. To keep up with public safety news, log on to www.henrycounty-ga.org.
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