Gaston County, NC Flock Contract

Who approved this?

Approved on the consent agenda, without discussion, by Gaston County Board of Commissioners on September 26, 2023.

The Gaston County Board of Commissioners approved resolution 23-419 on September 26, 2023. The item appropriated 180,000 dollars from the federal Treasury and Justice Drug Asset Forfeiture and Equitable Sharing Program and from Controlled Substance Abuse Tax revenue to buy department equipment, and in the same action accepted Flock Group Inc as a sole source vendor for a Flock Safety plate reader camera system. Commissioner Chad Brown carried the item, which the county filed as a consent resolution. Bob Hovis moved approval and Allen R. Fraley seconded it. The county vote record names 5 commissioners present and marks Kim Johnson and Tom Keigher absent, but it gives no individual yes or no value, so no roll call is given. No contract amount is given because the 180,000 dollar appropriation is written for department equipment generally rather than for the Flock system alone. The file names a sole source letter and an adopted resolution 2023-325 as attachments, and it states no camera count, no term length, no retention period and no audit or reporting condition.