TO: Mayor and Commissioners
FROM: Jeffrey S. Goldman, Chief of Police
THROUGH: Donald B. Cooper, City Manager
DATE: August 16, 2016
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PALM BEACH COUNTY AND CITY OF DELRAY BEACH INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT FOR UTILIZATION OF COUNTY'S S-7 RECEIVER NETWORK AND MICROWAVE SYSTEM.
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Recommended Action:
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Motion to Approve the Interlocal Agreement between Palm Beach County and the City of Delray for utilization of County's S-7 receiver network and microwave system.
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Background:
The County has committed to the purchase, design, installation and operation of a P25 Public Safety Radio System (PSRS) and digital microwave communication system to meet the needs of the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office, Palm Beach County Fire Rescue, Palm Beach County Emergency Management Service, and various Palm Beach County general governmental agencies.
The City of Delray Beach has committed to purchase, design, installation and operation of its own P25 Trunked Radio System to meet City's needs.
This Agreement will allow the City of Delray Beach to utilize the County's S-7 receiver network due to the eventual decommisssioning of the current location of the City's receiver site as well as allow City to use the County's microwave system to transport signals between the City's PSRS trunked radio system and the County's Master Site. The City will continue to connect to the County's Prime Site as agreed upon by a separate Interlocal Agreement pursuant to R2016-0623.
The annual cost to use microwave system is $2,184.98 for three (3) of the fourteen (14) microwave sites. The annual cost to utilize County's S-7 receiver network is $10,877. The costs are calculated taking in consideration County's total maintenance and administration costs and amount of microwave sites City is utilizing. The County will be providing adjusted microwave costs for future fiscal years by March 1st, annually. The costs for the receiver network w...
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