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L <br />7 <br />REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION <br />JW« 1 0 2002 <br />CTVOFOHoivo <br />Date: June 13,2002 <br />Item No: P <br />Department Approval:Administrator Reviewed:Agenda Section: <br />Name: <br />Title: <br />Ron Moorse <br />City Administrator 0 <br />Item Description: Police Radio Syslem/Equipment Upgrade <br />Exhibits: None <br />DISCUSSION <br />The OroiK) Police Department, along with all of the smaller police departments in the Lake <br />Mirmetonka area, as well as a number of larger police departments in Hennepin County, receive <br />24-hour dispatch service, as well as the lease, maintenance, and repair of the mobile radio <br />equipment in the police squads and the portable radio equipment carried by the police officers. <br />Hennepin County is upgrading its public safety radio communications system from the current <br />VHF analog system to a 800 MHZ digital system. The Orono Police Department needs to <br />upgrade its radio equipment to be compatible with the 800 MHZ system. <br />The Orono Police Department requires replacement of IS portable radios and 12 mobile radios. <br />Lease cost will be iqiproximately $17,900 in 2002. This cost includes optional equipment needed <br />per portable radio including charger, remote microphone, spare battery and belt clip. It also <br />reflects the installation cost of the mobile radios. <br />COUNCIL ACTION REQUESTED <br />Motion to approve expenditures of $17,900 for the lease of 800 MHZ radios in 2002. <br />,1 <br />: j <br />w <br />■!