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<br /> <br />I <br /> <br /> <br />Board of <br /> <br />Ramsey County Commissioners <br /> <br />tsented By <br />entlon: <br /> <br />Commissioner Haiqh <br /> <br />Date <br /> <br />June 24, <br /> <br />2003 No. 2003-210 <br /> <br />Budgeting and Accounting <br />Mary Karcz, County Manager's Office <br /> <br />Page 1 of 3 <br /> <br />WHEREAS, In Resolution 2003-167, the Ramsey County Board of <br />Commissioners directed the County Manager to move forward and begin exploring <br />options, costs and financing mechanisms for: <br />a) Developing a subsystem within the Metropolitan Public Safety <br />Communication System/800M Hz; <br />b) Exploring options for organization and governance of a countywide system; <br />and <br />c) Determining how municipal and county shares should be funded; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, The Ramsey County Board of Commissioners recognizes that the <br />public safety system in the County includes a wide range of local entities including, but <br />not limited to, Ramsey County Sheriff, Ramsey County Emergency Services, municipal <br />police, emergency service, fire departments, and other agencies; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, The complexity of the public safety communication system may <br />hinder the timely and effective pursuit of federal or other funding, and coordination is <br />needed to reduce these concerns; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, Several factors give the County a central role in planning and <br />developing a public safety communication system: <br />o The Ramsey County Home Rule Charters Chapter 6 states that, u... the County <br />Board shall assume responsibility to coordinate county-wide operational services, <br />strategic planning, tactical planning, and public data and information systems <br />planning"; and <br />o The Metropolitan Radio Board's Standards, Protocols, Procedures places counties <br />in leadership roles in reviewing and approving the plans and funding for local units <br />of government; local units of government that are not a county must have: <br /> <br />SEY COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />YEA NAY <br /> <br />OTHER <br /> <br />13ennett <br />. j)i gh <br />McDonough <br />el Ortega <br />oria Reinhardt <br />ke Rettman <br />I Wiessner <br /> <br />Jim McDonough. Chair <br /> <br />(Continued) <br /> <br />By <br /> <br />Bonnie C. JackeJeil <br />Chief Clerk - County Board <br />