BRIEF: Equipment disposal approved [Claremore Daily Progress, Okla.]

Nov. 29--CLAREMORE -- In a meeting Monday marked with relative brevity, Rogers County commissioners approved the disposal of two sheriff's vehicles involved in a collision earlier this month.

According to Rogers County Sheriff's Deputy Jerry Smittle, the vehicles, a 2007 Ford Crown Victoria and a 2009 Ford Crown Victoria, were involved in an accident in rural Inola in early November, neither of which were "reasonably repairable," leading the sheriff's office to request both to be "junked" and transferred to Travelers Insurance.

Commissioners unanimously approved the request, with the incident (collision) still under investigation by the Oklahoma Highway Patrol.

As the Sheriff's department does not have funds within its budget to replace the two squad cars, two older vehicles which had been on reserve, have returned to service.

In other actions, commissioners:

--Approved Utility Permit requests of Cox Communication and Oklahoma Communication Systems, Inc. dba TDS Telecom for new aerial cable placement and trench plowing/boring, respectively in District #3.

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