County Buys Maintainer; Security System
At a special meeting Feb. 13, Glasscock County Commissioners (Michael Hoch absent) voted to buy a new Caterpillar maintainer for Jimmy Strube’s precinct, at a cost of $115,000 after trade-in. The machine, listed at $230,000, replaces a 2001 model.
They also voted to buy a courthouse security camera system and a public address system for the courtroom at a combined cost of $21,000. A courthouse security fund currently holds $18,000, which can be used to help pay for the security system. The fund is built from fees charged by the clerk’s and justice of the peace offices.
The security system will have motion-activated cameras over the three outside doors, two in the courtroom, two in the clerk’s office, and three in hallways. Two cameras may be put in the tax office at an additional charge, and four additional future cameras are possible with the system. For a small additional charge, the system is supposed to have buzzers on outside doors to alert clerk’s office personnel when someone enters the building, or when a handicapped person needs help with opening an outside door.