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�� Request for Council Action Date: 11 /08/04 Item Number: 6. Department Approval Manager Approval Agenda Section Item Description: Approval of Purchase of Interoperable 800 MHz Public Safety Radio Equipment Background: The Roseville Police and Fire Departments are requesting council approval for purchase of 800 MHz radio equipment. This equipment purchase will allow our public safety departments to be integrated into the County-wide interoperable emergency communications project previously discussed at Council sessions on 04/19/04 and 06/14/04. Radio equipment orders for Ramsey County 800 MHz radio system users must be received by the project manager and forwarded to contract award vendors by the beginning of November 2004. The equipment vendors must receive orders and deliver product by the end of 2004 to fulfill the requirementsof the federal grant our radio system has been awarded. The system Policy / Planning Committee approved a county-wide tax base formula to reimburse municipalities a portion of the radio equipment purchase expense. The municipal subsidy per radio ordered was set at $1995.00 per radio unit. Roseville public safety departments are authorized the purchase of up to 287 radios under the county-wide subsidy plan. We have structured our radio purchase request to meet the needs of our respective departments. The police department requests the purchase of 107 radios and the fire department requests the purchase of 81 radios, (188 total radios requested of the 287 radios authorized under the purchase plan.) The number of radios requested by Roseville public safety departments is fewer than the total number of radio units currently in use by the departments. a" The total purchase cost of radio equipment requested by Roseville public safety departments is $555,707.59. The municipal radio equipment subsidy granted to Roseville under the approved formula is $359,100.31. The post-subsidypurchase cost of radio equipmentto the city is $196,607.28. Radio equipment purchased with this initial order will qualify for the $1995.00 per radio subsidy. Radio equipment purchased outside of the initial equipment order will not qualify for the subsidy. The cost of the radio purchase request by the police department is $103,003.97. This cost includes the base radio for the Roseville Emergency Operations Center. The cost of radio purchase request by the fire department is $93,603.31. Vehicle installation costs for the mobile 800 MHz radios are not included in the equipment purchase price. A County-wide installation contractfor public safety vehicles is being planned when our system goes on-line in late 2005.