Bastrop, Tx–Bastrop County commissioners agreed Monday to spend $1,500 for an old bus to be outfitted for command and communications duty in emergency or police operations.
The 1986 former Cap Metro bus will come from Williamson County, which no longer needs the vehicle, said Mike Fisher, the county’s emergency management coordinator. His office already has the radio and related equipment needed to outfit the unit, said Fisher.
The price will be covered by seized drug money held by the county sheriff’s office. The bus “still has some useful life in it,” Fisher told commissioners.