Huntingdon Purchases 2 Police Cars

HUNTINGDON (December 10) — The Huntingdon Mayor and Town Council approved the purchase of two new police SUVs during its December 10 meeting.

The purchase price was $52,101 each from Lonnie Cobb Ford, the dealer offering the state bid price and requires no competitive bidding.

The 2025 Ford Explorers are equipped with the necessary police equipment. Just two years ago, many vehicles were in short supply because of the pandemic and the disruption to the supply chains. Huntingdon PD complained about the patrol fleet being in disrepair during that time.

The board also approved the first of two readings that amended the size of advertising signs for businesses. It is designed to standardize the sizes of any new permanent advertising signs. All existing signs, including the mobile signs, are ‘grandfathered’ in and can remain. A public hearing is scheduled on January 28, 2025 prior to the second and final reading.

A proposal was postponed until January that would allow the Huntingdon High School Jobs of Americans Graduates classes and Mustang Mentors to install a Storybook Trail in Kelley Sports Complex. Councilwoman Lori Dillahunty requested the delay to allow the JAG teacher sponsor, Ginger Taylor, to address the council.

Dee Baker was honored at the meeting for work effectiveness that saved the city money.

Mayor Chad Edwards and Walter Smothers, Director of Public Safety honored Baker by reading a letter of commendation.

The letter read, “ On Monday December 9, 2024, the Mayor of the Town of Huntingdon received an email from Mr. Mike Abney, Founder and CEO of teamsolutionconsulting.com, the owner of the consulting, licensing, and support for the Police Departments Record System, PRMIS. His e-mail praised Ms. Baker for her work for the past year as the City’s Police Department PRMIS Administrator. Dee’s positive attitude and unwavering commitment and dedication during the past 12 months have inspired Mr. Abney to waive the yearly fee for PRMIS, thus saving the town approximately $4,500. Also, we would like to note that transferring to the PRMIS system, over the previous system, has saved the town an approximately $45,000 in the Therefore we the undersigned do present this letter of commendation to Ms. Dee Baker for her contribution the success of the Huntingdon Police Department and saving the town approximately $49,500 in the past year. We wish Ms. Baker a long and successful career with the Town of Huntingdon.