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annual nonrefundable surcharge of $2.00 on every homeowner's, mobile homeowner's, tenant homeowner's, and condominium unit owner's insurance policy; and an annual $4.00 nonrefundable surcharge on every commercial fire, commercial multiple peril, and business owner's property insurance policy issued or renewed. Rules were promulgated by -the Department of Community Affairs, Division of Emergency Management, resulting in Rule 9G-19, Florida Administrative Code, wherein each county employing a full-time emergency management director receives, on an annual basis, an allocation of $71,924 in non -supplanting funds to improve and expand the emergency management program. On March 8, 1994, the Board of County Commissioners approved the recurring grant in the amount of $70,424. The $71,924 grant was reduced by $1,500 to $70,424 as the result of a deduction by the state for prorated costs to each county for a statewide satellite communications network for -all county emergency operations centers (EOCs). The Board at that time approved use of a portion of the grant funds for an emergency management planner position, office equipment to support the position, fax machines, computer equipment, EOC television, radar weather equipment, and a video projector. All the equipment has been purchased except for the video projector. Staff noted in the prior agenda item that the balance of the grant funds would be retained in a contingency account for later allocation during the fiscal year. This was noted due to the fact that any part of the grant funds not expended in this fiscal year must be returned to the state for reallocation to other counties who agree to expend the funds for emergency management programs. Staff is now requesting the Board to authorize the expenditure of the balance of the grant funds totaling approximately $37,000 for the following equipment to improve and expand the emergency management program: 1. Upgrade -weather system with 1.2 meter KU meter antenna, two -port FM3 KU satellite receiver, shipping and installation for $2,400. Equipment will receive enhanced weather images, measurements, and soundings from the new and recently launched Geostationary Orbiting Earth Satellite 8 (GOES 8) satellite. Staff is requesting the Board approve the sole source purchase of this equipment from Alden Electronics to preclude replacing a large portion of the existing $_30,000 county weather technology and equipment. Also requested is a converter @$500 to interconnect the large screen television to the weather information achieved from the equipment referenced above, for use by personnel in the Emergency Operations Center. 2. Two 35MM slide projectors with audio @$700 each for $1,400. The slide projectors would be used for public presentations and department training in conjunction with audio tapes which can be cued to automatically change the slides. 3. Two Omega 6 wireless remote units @$250 for $500. These units can be utilized with existing slide projectors and would eliminate the need to hard -wire remote slide changers over long distances in locations where disaster information presentations are given to large audiences. 65 �� BOOK 93 f'Auc F�8 September 6, 1994