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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION COUwnn meeting JUN 1 0 2002 CITY OF OflONO Date: June 10,2002 Item No: / O Department Approval:Administrator Reviewed:Agenda Section: Name: Title: Stephany Chief of Police'*^^^ Item Description: 800 MHZ Radio Agreement Exhibits: Communications System Subscriber Agreement DISCUSSION 1) Hennepin County proposes an agreement between the County and the City of Orono which defines the rights and obligations for the cooperative and coordinated purchase, lease, maintenance, technical and administrative support and use of portable, mobile, desktop and other end user radios by Orono Police Department on the Hennepin County 800 MHZ System. 2) The System is a multi-site general purpose wireless communications system designed to provide 24 hour a day public safety radio communications. It provides a minimum of 95% area coverage reliability for portable radio operation above ground level in light to medium buildings throughout most of Hennepin County. It provides access to a wide area nine county region-wide public safety radio communications, multiple system redundancies with backup power, user talk groups, electronic identification of all radios on all transmissions, 99.999% microwave system reliability, system security, radio interoperability, 24 hour a day system monitoring and repair response, access to a pool of special event radios, and training of Orono Police OfTicers. 3) The City of Orono agrees to proper use of the system and equipment, payment to Hennepin County of all applicable fees, including support fees, maintenance and repair fees. Metropolitan Radio Board User Fees, and payment for damaged, lost or stolen radios. 4) Costs for conversion to the 800 MHZ were approved in the 2002 budget. Radios will be leased on July 1,2002. Training and conversion is expected to be complete by October 2002. COUNCIL ACTION REQUESTED: Motion to approve the Hennepin County 800 MHZ agreement.