PSB committee approves purchase of equipment

PSB committee approves purchase of equipment

BY JENNIFER BAILEY
Commercial-News

DANVILLE — Vermilion County board and Danville city council members approved the purchase of office equipment for the Public Safety Building on Wednesday night.

The City/County PSB Committee, comprised of both county board and city council members, recommended replacing 12 remaining older computers that are six years old or older, one server and three laser printers for the city’s police department at a cost not to exceed $39,600.

Danville Public Safety Director Larry Thomason said the computers are outdated and “this will get us better in line for a rotation for the future.”

The committee also recommended approving the purchase of a copy machine for the Danville Police Department at the PSB at a cost not to exceed $2,745; and a phone recorder for the records section of the PSB at a cost not to exceed $5,720.

Thomason said the copier is used for Freedom of Information requests for reports and is used daily.

He added the telephone recorder allows the department to record all phone calls that come into the records division. The department can monitor the type of calls, what information the caller was given and how the caller was treated.

Thomason said the current system has been used on several occasions to prove or disprove complaints made against police personnel.