The Tompkins County Legislature authorized the county to accept a grant award in the amount of $29,500 from the New York State Office of Homeland Security.

Funding will support interoperable communications equipment for the department’s incident command vehicles, as part of the county’s new 800 megahertz emergency communications system.

The latest grant represents the third installment of Homeland Security funding received.

Among other business, the Legislature appointed the Newfield Historical Society for another four- year term as Keepers of the Newfield Covered Bridge. Legislator Greg Stevenson called the Newfield Covered Bridge “truly a treasure for both the Town of Newfield and for Tompkins County” and said the historical society, through this action, will “assure that this structure stays viable and something we can all be proud of.”