TO: Mayor Collins and Town Council Members
FROM: Kevin Burke, Town Manager
Pete Wingert, Chief of Police
James P. Shano, P.E., Public Works Director/Town Engineer/Assistant to the Town Manager for Strategic Planning
DATE: March 24th, 2016
DEPARTMENT: Public Works and Engineering Department
Staff Contact James P. Shano, P.E., Public Works Director/Town Engineer/Assistant to the Town Manager for Strategic Planning, 480-348-3573
End
AGENDA TITLE:
Title
Award of Contract to Motorola Solutions, Inc. for the Development of Public Safety Radio Communications Facility; in an amount not to exceed $2,108,000 plus taxes.
Body
Council Goals or Statutory Requirements:
Provides high quality public services to a community which values limited government
* Invest in public facility and infrastructure
To provide high-quality public safety services
RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
It is recommended that Town Council authorizes the Town Manager to execute an agreement (by purchase order) with Motorola Solutions Inc. for the Development of a Public Safety Radio Communications Facility; in an amount not to exceed $2,108,000 plus taxes.
Background
SUMMARY STATEMENT:
As part of the Town's IGA with the City of Phoenix Fire Department for fire service, the Town is required to upgrade its radio communication for public safety. The Town entered into an intergovernmental agreement in September 2012 with over 19 other governmental agencies to be part of a regional public safety radio communications system (the Regional Wireless Cooperative Network or RWC). The RWC system allows the Town to use the existing sites of other RWC members to enhance the Town's radio coverage capabilities in a cost effective manner as well as increasing the communication capabilities of first responders from other agencies who reply to calls for service within the Paradise Valley area.
Working with the RWC and City of Phoenix Fire Department, an ante...
Click here for full text