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Commissioner Bowman wanted us to make sure that their school insurance covers the Iiability'at the golf course, and Administrator Collins stated he would check that out. E911 CENTER - SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH EPE AND REPLACEMENT OF UNINTERRUPTED POWER SUPPLY (UPS) BATTERIES The Board reviewed the following memo dated 12114/88: TO: William Collins DATE: December 14, 1988 FILE: Acting County Administrator ti FROM: Doug Wright E911 Coordinator SUBJECT: Replacement of Uninterrupted Power Supply (UPS) Batteries of E911 Center and Approval of Service Agreement REFERENCES:, It is respectfully requested that the information contained herein be given formal consideration by the Board of County Commissioners during the next regular scheduled meeting. DESCRIPTION AND CONDITIONS Recently Central Dispatch experienced the third failure of the E911 system. The failure was again attributed to the UPS system and resulted in the loss of radio dispatch capabilities, computer oper- ations, and the administrative phone system. Upon examination by Lynn Williams and a representative of EPE Technologies, Inc., it was discovered that a third power battery in the battery cabinet had failed. The first one failed on July of 1988, the second on November 14, 1988. On December 12, 1988, a third battery failed rendering the Central Dispatch without power to perform emergency dispatch. EPE Technologies, Inc., has informed the County that they have prior experienced problems with these batteries. He indicated that these batteries have a history of a one year life as opposed to an eight year life for another brand of battery. He also informed the re- ferenced county officials that there was a great probability that if the manufacturer of the batteries were changed, the battery cabinet would also have to be replaced which would amount to several thousand dollars. It is unfortunate that the warranty period for the batteries has expired as only one year was guaranteed. Each time a battery goes bad, it can be taken out of the circuit, but this reduces the amount of power that the UPS can provide and also requires that EPE adjust the charging system. If the power adjustment is not done, it will overcharge the other remaining bat- teries and cause additional damage. Each time the EPE representative travels to Indian River County to make this adjustment, the County incurs an expense exceeding $800 computed at $100 per hour for a Minimum of eight (8) hours. JAN 3 1989 53 BOOK 75 F ,E 497