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The total net cost of the proposal is $1,324,099, which includes two vehicles, uniforms, body armor, weapons and radios and that money is already included in the budget.
Two attempts to delay the decision for one month so board members can obtain more information both failed on 4-4 votes. Board Vice President Kim Mares was absent from the meeting.
After hearing from the public for two hours at the March 13 voting meeting, the matter of the proposed policy change was next discussed on March 21 at the policy committee with many of the same arguments being raised. No consensus on changing the language to reach a compromise, or "wordsmithing" the policy as some described it, was reached.