County extends VHF equipment retention after PCERN update; vendor talks with Motorola cited

At a notification‑only item, James updated the court on a PCERN recommendation to delay removal of VHF radio equipment, citing mutual‑aid needs and ongoing coordination with outside agencies.

James told the court the extension would not increase county costs and noted savings: "We're actually going down from I believe we're looking at 780, and we're dropping down with this to $670,000 a year." He said the county will begin removing select sites next and will continue to coordinate with agencies that still rely on VHF for fire alerting and mutual‑aid.

Commissioners treated the item as informational and recorded no formal vote beyond acknowledgment; staff answered a request for an estimate of residual monetary value for existing VHF sites (James estimated per‑site residual value could be roughly $500,000 to $1,000,000).