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BOOK 90 pm -F556 <br />RECOMMENDATION: <br />Staff recommends that the Board approve and/or authorize staff to <br />take the following action: <br />1. Approve the renovation of the E911 Center and funds in the <br />amount of $3,800 for materials associated with work by the <br />Building and Grounds Division and $1,000 for services <br />performed by Southern Bell. <br />2. Authorize Communications International to provide the labor <br />and materials for work associated with renovation of the E911 <br />Center in the amount of $24,725 on a sole source basis due to <br />the complexity of the project and the justification stated <br />above. <br />3. With funds from the 911 Surcharge,Fund, approve the purchase <br />of the STS Communications Consoles 'for the E911 Communications <br />Center by piggybacking the Collier County contract referenced <br />above in the amount of $66,122. ' <br />4. Approve funding in the amount of $27,846 from the 911 <br />Surcharge Funds for STS Consoles at the Vero Beach Police <br />Department Public Safety Answering Point. <br />5. Approve funding in the amount of $6,000 from the E911 <br />Surcharge to purchase seven intensive use series chairs for <br />the E911 Communications Center dispatchers and call takers. <br />A recap of the requested funding in terms of uses and sources is as <br />follows: <br />VENDOR <br />USE <br />SOURCE <br />FUNDING' <br />Indian River <br />County <br />Materials <br />911 Surcharge <br />$3,800 <br />Communications <br />International <br />Labor & <br />Materials <br />911 Surcharge <br />$24,725 <br />Southern Bell <br />Labor <br />911 Surcharge <br />$1,000 <br />Ericsson (STS) <br />(Vero Beach) <br />Consoles (3) <br />911 Surcharge <br />$27,846 <br />Ericsson (STS) <br />(E911 Center) <br />Consoles (7) <br />911 Surcharge <br />$66,122 <br />To Be Determined <br />Chairs (7) <br />911 Surcharge <br />$6,000 <br />SUBTOTAL <br />$129,493 <br />Contingency(15%) <br />- <br />$19,423 <br />PROJECT TOTAL <br />$148,916 <br />Commissioner Macht was shaken by the cost of the seven <br />intensive use series chairs for the E911 Communications Center <br />dispatchers and call takers of $6,000 which is over $850 each. <br />Emergency Services Director Doug Wright explained that these <br />chairs are in use 24 hours a day and contain certain features which <br />assist the dispatchers not only with proper support, but in moving <br />around the center as needed. Director Wright suggested that 1 <br />worker's compensation claim can cost much more than $6,000; <br />however, the department will explore contracts to see if the chairs <br />can be purchased for less. <br />JULY 169 1996 26 <br />