HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 1983.03.30 - 11641March 31, 1983
if 83082 Miscellaneous Resolution
BY: PLANNING AND BUILDING COMMITTEE
IN RE: AUTI1ORlZATION TO RECEIVE BID.S COURTHOUSE FIRE ALARM SYSTEM
TO TEE OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Mr. Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen
WEEREAS, the fire alarm system, throughout the Courthouse Complex, has become
unreliable due to obsolesence; and
WhEREAS, it is almost impossible to maintain the system due to a lack of
available parts; and
WHEREAS, the system must be entirely renovated, to ensure the safety of employees
and the. public; and
WITEEEAS, the cost of a new system, utilizing state-of-the-art solid state
components, is estimated at $86,000.00: and
WHEREAS, funding for this project is available from the Courthouse Alarm Sys ter:
line item in the 1983 Capital Program.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Department of Central Services be and is
hereby authorized to receive bids for the Courthouse alarm system and a report thereon
be made to this Board after receipt and tabulation of such bids.
Mr. Chairperson, on behalf of the PlannUg and Building Committee, I move the
adoption of the foregoing resolution.
PLANNING AND BUILDING (MMITTEE
$ 25,200
50,600
$ 75,800
3,200
7,000
$ 86,000
OAKLAND COUNTY EXECUTIVE
DEPARTMENT OF CENTRAL SERVICES
FACILITIES ENGINEERING DIVISION
COURTHOUSE FIRE ALARM SYSTEM
Project 83-4 • March 24, 1983
The Courthouse complex of buildings, namely, the Court Tower, West Wing,
Auditorium, and East Wing, was constructed with a fire alarm system As each
of the additions to the complex was built, its system was tied into a central
controller and thus become part of the overall system. Some of the system
components were part of the original 1959 Court Tower construction and none
are any younger than 15 years. At that time, the only protection devices
available were electro-mechanical in nature, that is, they contain moving
parts. As such, they are subject to wear and eventual failure. Further, this
system became obsolete in the nineteen sixties. Maintenance and upkeep of the
system is becoming increasingly difficult, if not impossible, due to the lack
of parts.
It is, therefore, being proposed that the entire four-building fire alarm
network be completely replaced with a new warning system. The new system
would operate on the same principles as the old except solid state components
would be used. One slight modification would be the relocation of the
annunciator site from the Courthouse to the Safety Division where it can be
monitored 24-hours a day. New wiring would also be installed although the
existing conduits, raceways, junction and backboxes would be reused.
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The buildings are currently divided into zones, each with its original
pull station. Activating a new solid state pull station would sound a coded
alarm over as many as 75 new horns. The fire control panel in the Safety
Division would also light up for the specific station activiated and a local
alarm would sound to alert the officers to a fire. The system is also
expandable in that additional pull stations and horns can be added.
The system is estimated to cost:
1. Equipment, including control unit, pull stations,
horns, and relays
2. Labor, including new wiring for pull stations
and horns
Construction Sub-Total
3. Administrative 2YpnsPs
4. Contingency
Total Project Cost
The project is listed in the 1983 Capital Improvement Plan at an
estimated cost of $100,000.
At this time, authorization to prepare the necessary bidding documents,
receive bids, and report with a recommendation is being requested.
#83082 March 31, 1983
this 31st day of / ) March 1983
th LLE
Couny Clerk/Register of Deeds
Moved by Hobart supported by Fortino the resolution be adopted.
AYES: Calandro, Doyon, Foley, Fortino, Geary, Gosling, Hobart, Jackson, R. Kuhn,
S. Kuhn, Lanni, McConnell, McPherson, Moffitt, Moore, Nelson, Olsen, Pernick, Price,
Rewold, Aaron, Caddell. (22)
NAYS: None. (0)
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the resolution was adopted.
STATE OF MICHIGAN)
COUNTY OF OAKLAND)
1, Lynn D. Allen, Clerk of the County of Oakland and having a seal,
do hereby certify that I have compared the annexed copy of
Miscellaneous Resolution #83082 adopted by the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
at their meeting held on March 31, 1983
with the orginial record thereof now remaining in my office, and
that it is a true and correct transcript therefrom, and of the
whole thereof.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the
seal of said County at Pontiac, Michigan