Floyd County Courthouse (Alex Driggars/Floyd County Record)
FLOYDADA – It was a busy 90 minutes for Floyd County Commissioners Monday Morning as they discussed a number of items on their regular agenda.
Following general business and a presentation on proposed life insurance plans for county employees the four commissioners and Judge Marty Lucke heard from Sheriff Paul Raissez on a grant request to the Office of the Governor for just under $45,000 to replace the county’s dispatcher console. Sheriff Raissez said in his proposal they hoped the grant would pay for the replacement, explaining to commissioners moving to a new console is the same basic idea as upgrading a computer every few years as technology advances.
The Sheriff then gave his state-required racial profiling report to the county, noting that in 2021 there were 2,897 traffic stops, with the majority of those for speeding along the county’s highways. The report shows that less than 600 of the stops resulted in tickets or arrests, and that there were zero complaints based on race.
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The county’s other item of note besides implementing a burn ban was the official allocation of $124 ,000 in state funds from the general accounts to the capital acquisition fund. The money will be used to upgrade the current voting machines to create a ‘paper trail’ as required by the Secretary of State’s office for the November 2022 general election.
The next Commissioners Court hearing will be held on March 14 at 8:00 a.m.
