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It appears that the options available to the County are: 1. Continue to pay Consolidated Enterprises (Communications of Vero) the current monthly recurring costs of $1,392 and projected monthly costs of $1,950 if additional UHF radios requested in FY 88-89 are approved for purchase. 2. Purchase the repeater system (all new equipment) with fees continuing to be assessed for county users. When the repeater system is paid for, revisit the fee structure in terms of operation and future costs with adjustments as necessary. k BECOMMENDATION Staff recommends the Board of County Commissioners approve the pur- chase of the UHF Repeater System with financing to be accomplished by interfund borrowing or purchase through the GE Government Lease Purchase Program. If the purchase is approved,.the Office of Management and Budget Director will seek the most appropriate and favorable purchase option. The same fee structure is recommended during the period of paying for the asset with billing to occur from the Depart- ment of Emergency Management Services. Since the other manufacturers of mobile radio equipment will not interface with GE trunking radios, the equipment specified will have to be General Electric brand. To preclude a fee for the removal of existing equipment and increasing the price of the system, it is recommended that the purchase be made from the. local franchise vendor whose quoted prices are equal to or less than those reflected the GSA Schedule of mobile radio equipment. Final purchase arrangements will be brought back to the Board of County Commissioners for approval. Administrator Balczun noted that this will enable us to proceed with acquiring our own UHF frequency; the administrative part of licensing has been taken care of. Currently we use a UHF frequency license which is assigned to Communications of Vero, and it is Emergency Director Wright's estimate that we will have paid -for this new trunking system in about 30 months. Staff recommends this highly., especially as frequencies are becoming much more difficult to obtain. Chairman Scurlock commented that apparently the total cost is $53,273.20., and this was confirmed. He then pointed out that we are just about to get into budget sessions and asked if -this is an item that could be better budgeted for in the next budget year. He wished to know the urgency because he believed it would be necessary to go into some sort of contingency to pay for this. Emergency Management Director Wright informed the Board that this matter was presented and the purchase approved in last 2 BOOK 73 F.,vr 36 JUN 14 1988