(KNZA)--The Sabetha EMS will be getting new hand held radios.

Sabetha EMS Director Ed Steinlage met with the Nemaha County Commission Monday to ask if the county would pay for six dual purpose hand held radios for use by the EMS group.

The Commission voted unanimously to approve the purchase of the radios from Haug Communications, of Seneca, at an amount not to exceed $18,000.

The cost will paid out of the county’s capital outlay fund.

In other business, representatives of the Sabetha Main Event Center Board met with the Commission to request $25,000 in funding from the Broxterman Estate Funds for making handicapped accessible improvements to the Event Center.

The Commission made no decision on the funding request.