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County approves agreement for new election equipment

By Greg Bebermeyer

01/03/2025

Brown County Courthouse

(KNZA)--The Brown County Commission approved an agreement for the purchase new election equipment at their December 23 meeting.

The agreement with Omaha-based Election Systems and Software was approved on a 2-1 vote, with Commissioner Bill Pollock casting the dissenting vote.

That came after a motion by Pollock to table a decision for at least 30 days died due to the lack of a second.

The Commission had previously approved the purchase of the equipment in the amount of $67,475, which includes eight ballot scanning devices and two electronic poll books.

In other business, an engineer with the NRCS joined the meeting via Zoom to discuss two dam stabilization projects planned on the Wolf River.

One project is planned three miles south of Hiawatha and the other three miles east of Everest.

The projects, to be funded by the NRCS, are to help with flood control and reduce erosion.

The Commission approved to be a cooperation agent for the projects and to appoint county Emergency Management Director Don Pounds to be the Brown County representative.

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