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WINCHESTER — Members of the Frederick County Board of Supervisors clashed Wednesday night over whether to enter into a contract with Texas-based EF Johnson to replace the county’s public safety radio system — a move that is expected to cost roughly $21 million.

At Wednesday night’s board meeting, Opequon Supervisor Bob Wells suggested adding to the agenda a vote on executing a contract with EF Johnson and Pennsylvania-based Mission Critical Partners for the procurement of a public safety radio system and related services. Though the matter was added to the agenda, Gainesboro Supervisor J. Douglas McCarthy, Red Bud District Supervisor Blaine Dunn and Back Creek Supervisor Shawn Graber were upset that they were being asked to possibly vote on an expensive project without having time to examine what they were voting on…