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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 1998.05.07 - 25461ana t na hp NOIn D PARAGRAPH be amenaea DE FINANCE REPORT (Misc. #98114) ; May 7, 1998 BY: FINANCE COMMITTEE - SUE INN DOUGLAS, CHAIR IN RE: E9-1-1 FUNDING FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS CALL-TAKING EQUIPMENT SPECIFICATIONS PREPARATION - PHASE II TO THE OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen: The Finance Committee, having reviewed the above referenced resolution on April 30, 1998, recommends that the resolution be adopted with the following amendments: 1. That a final WHEREAS be added to read: WHEREAS the E-9-1-1 Ad Hoc Committee and the Public Services Committee supports the acquisition of E9-1-1 call taking equipment through a federal grant, to be submitted in mid-May, 1998. to read: NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS AUTHORIZES E9-1--4---A-d-Hoe-C-entmittee the acquisition of the E9-1-1 call- taking equipment through a federal grant to be submitted in mid-May, 1998, AND THAT the preparation of the equipment specifications for the request for proposal be performed in-house between representatives of the Sheriff's Department, County Executive's Administration, PSAPs, and such other individuals as are necessaryrartel-that-the availablc frcqucncics to cxpand thc cxisting PSAPs E9-1-1 capacity. 2. That the first three (3) WHEREAS paragraphs be deleted and the fourth (4) WHEREAS be amended as follows: WHEREAS THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE Board of Commissioners eitairpersoft4ohn-MeGialleeh appointed an E9-1-1 Ad Hoc Committee comprised of various members of the public safety community (including the County's Sheriff Department), County Board of Commissioners, business community, and local government officials on May 8, 1997; and 3. That the above-two amendments be considered separately. Chairperson, on behalf of the Finance Committee, I move the acceptance of the foregoing Report. FINANCE COMMITTEE 7 FINANCE COMMITTEE VOTE: Motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote. May 7, 1998 MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION #98114 BY: Public Services Committee, David L. Moffitt, Chairperson IN RE: E9-1-1 Funding for Telecommunications Call-taking Equipment Specifications Preparation - Phase II To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen: WHEREAS members of the law enforcement community, including William Dwyer, Police Chief of the City of Farmington Hills and Capt. Michael McCabe, Sheriff's Department, actively discussed the equipment condition and related concerns surrounding the County's public safety answering points' (PSAPs) and the need for a unified telecommunications system at a Board of Commissioners meeting in early April 1997; and WHEREAS Miscellaneous Resolution #97071 entitled "Central Services - Radio Communications - Study of County-wide 800 MHZ Digital Trunking Communication for Outside Agencies - Public Safety Communications / Technology Task Force" was sponsored by Commissioners Moffitt, Law, Powers, and Jensen to study the need for unified public safety agency communications on an 800 MHZ digital trunking system, or similar state-of-the-art standard (including recommendations and policies relating thereto) and a Task Force be established to carry-out the related study; and WHEREAS the above proposed resolution cited equipment concerns in communication between various public safety (including police, fire and emergency medical services) dispatch and responding field units; and WHEREAS Board of Commissioners Chairperson John McCulloch appointed an E9-1-1 Ad Hoc Committee comprised of various members of the public safety community (including the County's Sheriff Department), County Board of Commissioners, business community, and local government officials on May 8, 1997; and WHEREAS the Board of Commissioners minutes of May 8, 1997 charged the E9-1-1 Ad Hoc Committee "...to review Oakland County's 9-1-1 system to determine if there is a necessity to increase the Emergency Telephone..." Operational "...charges payable by all service users. The Committee shall report its final advisory recommendation to the Public Services Committee of the Board"; and WHEREAS the Ad Hoc Committee met several times throughout the spring and summer of 1997 before deciding that an outside consultant should be hired to assist in assessing the communications equipment current status and provide technical recommendations for its upgrade, replacement and funding therefore; and Public Services Committee Vote Motion carried on roll call vote with Dingeldey dissenting and Obrecht absent 1 WHEREAS the E9-1-1 Ad Hoc Committee selected Plante & Moran, LLP to perform that study, in part, because of their prior experience in assisting the County in determining the needs relating to the replacement of the County's Court and Law Enforcement Management Information System (CLEMIS) and in the replacement of the County's mobile data terminals and related infrastructure; and WHEREAS the study by Plante & Moran LLP conducted between December 1997 and March 1998, included contact with all 32 PSAPs in the County, various telephone companies and other parties in interest in this study, resulted in a report presented at the April 17, 1998 meeting of the E9-1-1 Ad Hoc Committee; and WHEREAS the Plante & Moran, LLP report recommended (and the Ad Hoc Committee has concurred therewith on April 17, 1998) that the E9-1-1 call-taking communications equipment be replaced at a cost of up to $2.2 million; and WHEREAS the above E9-1-1 call-taking communications equipment costs have been included in the CopsMORE federal grant request to be submitted on or about May 15, 1998 in connection with the replacement of CLEMIS, mobile data terminals with laptops, various computer and related equipment for local law enforcement agencies, data upgrades in addressing, and other technological improvements; and WHEREAS the County would be required to seek various vendors through a competitive bidding process and before that point in time create equipment specifications for that request for proposal and ultimately, select an equipment vendor. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the E9-1-1 Ad Hoc Committee and the Public Services Committee supports the acquisition of the E9-1-1 call-taking equipment through a federal grant to be submitted in mid-May, 1998; which shall include the addition of the request to reimburse pro rata those communities who have already begun to upgrade their systems on an individual basis if such addition to the application shall not adversely affect the successful application of this County for the COPS-MORE Grant. That the preparation of the equipment specifications for the request for proposal be performed in-house between representatives of the Sheriff's Department, County Executive's Administration, PSAPs, and such other individuals as are necessary; and that the Sheriff's Department and County Executive's Administration actively search for available frequencies to expand the existing PSAPs E9-1-1 capacity. Chairperson, on behalf of the Public Services Committee, I move the adoption of the foregoing resolution. i PUB .ERVI CO ,.‘,4 TEE , _e.J Ara' • ,,,,, 2 FISCAL NOTE (Misc. #98114) May 7, 1998 BY: FINANCE COMMITTEE, SUE ANN DOUGLAS, CHAIRPERSON IN RE: E9-1-1 FUNDING FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS CALL-TAKING EQUIPMENT SPECIFICATIONS PREPARATION - PHASE II TO THE OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen: The Finance Committee, having reviewed the above referenced resolution reports that no adjustment to Oakland County's operating budget for the year ending September 30, 1998 is presently warranted. Chairperson, on behalf of the Finance Committee, I move acceptance of the foregoing report. FINANCE COMMITTEE yct-e-c ki240716 FINANCE COMMITTEE VOTE: Motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote. In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the County of Oakland at Pontiac, Michigan this 7th day o.f May 1998. D. Allen, County Clerk Resolution #98114 May 7, 1998 Moved by Moffitt supported by Powers the Finance Committee Report be accepted. A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the report was accepted. Moved by Moffitt supported by Powers the resolution be adopted. Moved by Moffitt supported by Powers the resolution be amended to coincide with the recommendation in the Finance Committee Report. Vote on Moffitt's amendment: A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the amendment carried. Moved by Powers supported by Taub the resolution be amended in the fourth WHEREAS paragraph by inserting the words - chaired by Commissioner Jensen and - after the words "..E9-1-1 Ad Hoc Committee". Discussion followed. Vote on Powers' amendment: A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the amendment carried. Vote on resolution, as amended: AYES: Millard, Moffitt, Obrecht, Palmer, Powers, Schmid, Taub, Wolf, Amos, Coleman, Devine, Dingeldey, Douglas, Garfield, Gregory, Huntoon, Jacobs, Jensen, Johnson, Kaczmar, Kingzett, McCulloch, McPherson. (23) NAYS: None. (0) A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the resolution, as amended, was adopted. ' HEREBY APPROVE ILK FOREGOING RESOLUTION I s-AJ/ir I,L.3r0ok8 Pattersc< County Executive Date STATE OF MICHIGAN) COUNTY OF OAKLAND) I, Lynn D. Allen, Clerk of the County of Oakland, do hereby certify that the foregoing resolution is a true and accurate copy of a resolution adopted by the Oakland County Board of Commissioners on May 7, 1998 with the original record thereof now remaining in my office.