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PURCHASE OF CCMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT FOR COUNTY SYSTEM <br />Administrator Balczun reviewed the following, noting that <br />staff is merely saying we are ready to proceed to acquire the <br />equipment the Board funded, and they intend to acquire G.E. <br />equipment because of compatibility. <br />TO: Board of County DATE: December 16, 1987 FILE: <br />Commissioners <br />SUBJECT: Purchase of Communication <br />Equipment <br />� <br />FROM: Doug Wright, lDirector REFERENCES: 1987/88 Approved Budget & <br />Emergency Management Services Five (5) Year Communications <br />DESCRIPTION•AND CONDITIONS <br />On July 9, 1985, the Indian River County Board of County Com- <br />missioners approved and caused to be implemented a five year <br />Master Plan to upgrade county communications to a trunking system. <br />This system provides each agency autonomy on a daily basis as <br />well as the capability to activate a common net to communicate <br />with other agencies for inter -agency needs. <br />The approved 1987/88 budget includes some $43,000 for trunking <br />radios for Emergency Management, Road & Bridge and Fleet Management <br />in accordance with the five year plan. <br />Since General Electric radio equipment is exclusively used by -_ <br />the County for the trunking system, permission is sought to con- <br />tinue to purchase G.E. equipment since it is on the GSA schedule <br />under Contract #GSOOK87AGS0618, FSC Group 58, Part VII, Commer- <br />cial, Non -Tactical Radio, FCC Class 582D, Pages 2-2 thru 2-6a. <br />ALTERNATIVES AND ANALYSIS <br />The trunking -radio system in use by Utilities, Parks and Landfill <br />is state-of-the-art equipment. The radio equipment is available <br />on the GSA price schedule, but other factors also suggest that <br />the County should remain with G.E. equipment. <br />1. Signaling in 800 mHz trunking radios is done thru <br />.mobiles to each station and five channels are <br />available. <br />2. Other major radio equipment vendors use one of five <br />channels for data transmission. If the data channel <br />goes down, the other four channels are not accessible. <br />3. <br />G.E. trunking radios are already in service in Util- <br />ities, Landfill, and'parks. <br />83 BOOK 7R Pklu 463 <br />EC 2 2 M87 <br />I <br />