TO: Mayor and Commissioners
FROM: Jeffrey S. Goldman, Police Department
THROUGH: Donald B. Cooper, City Manager
DATE: February 16, 2016
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SOUTH HUB INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT
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Recommended Action:
Recommendation
Motion to approve an Interlocal Agreement between Palm Beach County, Boca Raton, Delray Beach and Boynton Beach for the purpose of expanding the geographic use of available frequencies for mutual assistance and daily activities for the establishment and operation of radio communications systems.
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Background:
The Cities of Boca Raton, Delray Beach, and Boynton Beach have established via Interlocal Agreement the South Palm Beach County Public Safety Communications Cooperative for the purpose of expanding the geographic use of available frequencies for mutual assistance and daily activities for the establishment and operation of radio communications systems. This Cooperative was initially formed in 2003 and an updated agreement was approved by the City Commission in 2011. This Agreement is similar to the prior agreement approved in 2011. Section 5 of the Agreement states that each year, the Cities shall pay a pro rata share of the County's operations and maintenance costs. For fiscal year 2016, the County's estimated annual operations and maintenance costs are $70,000. The fee to be paid by each City is determined as follows: the capped estimated annual operations and maintenance costs for that fiscal year are aopportioned out to each user City based on the number of active talk groups for each City. The County shall re-calculate the apportionment of the operations and maintenance costs annually based on the number of active talk groups used by each City. The County's estimated operations and maintenance cost may be adjusted every three (3) years beginning in January 2018, and every three (3) years thereafter, by notice to the Cities no later than April 1st to be effective for the next fiscal year. Th...
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