The Marion County Board of Commissioners meets Wednesday to consider beefing up contracts that would expand access to Covid vaccines and implement a new radio system for first responders, as well as new contract to help keep minors out of the juvenile justice system.
Commissioners will consider reappointing Julie Jackson to the Solid Waste Management Advisory Council for a four-year term starting Feb. 26.
The board will consider adding $150,000 to a contract with Woodburn Ambulance Service for Covid-related outreach, including administering vaccines at homes of people who are vulnerable or providing them transportation to vaccine sites. The new contract would total $450,000 and last through 2022.
Commissioners will consider adding $375,000 to a contract with Interface Network, Inc., a local group working to expand access to health care, for temporary vaccination clinics and a Univision radio campaign. That would bring the contract total to around $819,000, and it would last through Jan. 30, 2023.
They will also consider a $600,000 contract with Justice Benefits Inc. to help maintain local services that keep youth connected with their families and communities, and out of the juvenile justice system.
The board will consider adding around $540,000 to a contract with ADCOMM Engineering, LLC to start implementing a new radio system for all first responder agencies in Marion County. It would bring the contract total to around $1.1 million.
They will also consider buying a roughly $117,000 boat from Rogue Jet Boatworks to replace a boat used by the Marion County Sheriff’s Office on public waterways.
Meeting details: The commissioners meet at 9 a.m. Wednesday in the Senator Hearing Room at 555 Court Street N.E. The meeting is streamed live on YouTube.
-Ardeshir Tabrizian
