(KLZA)-- Richardson County Commissioners approved the use of STOP program funds for the purchase of  DataMaster breath analyzer equipment for the Sheriff's Department when they met last week. The cost for the equipment is $8,345.

The Board also heard a report from Sheriff Rick Hardesty on the dispatching services provided through Southeast Nebraska Communications 911 Dispatch Center in Beatrice.  The Board requested the Sheriff to begin and continue to attend the monthly Southeast Communications 911 Center Advisory Committee meetings to relay his concerns with the dispatching problems that have been experienced so that they might be resolved.

Bids were opened for a road construction project southeast of Salem.  Three bids were received ranging from $268,460  up to $302,997.

The Board accepted all three bids for further review.

Commissioners also approved entering into an agreement with the City of Falls City for a Joint Aerieal Photo Project with “Pictometry”.