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1/19/2011
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December 6, 2010 (Work Session) <br />Pa ge <br />additional equipment to hook Concord's and Kannapolis's systems <br />into our 911 telephone system —so we are all working with the same <br />equipment, but working out of three different locations. The <br />equipment will be purchased as soon as the State gives us <br />permission. The next step is to work on the actual analog radio <br />system itself. As you know with technology, everything is going <br />digital. Motorola has informed us as well as the City of Concord <br />and the City of Kannapolis that the system has to be updated <br />because they are no longer going to make the parts and they only <br />plan to provide support for a couple of years. If one of our <br />existing parts were to go down, it could be a while before a <br />replacement could be found, if at all. However, we are moving <br />towards the new system. Approximately, two (2) years ago, the <br />Board funded the transition all of our analog radios to digital <br />radios. The radios have been purchased and are approximately 99 <br />percent complete at a cost that was a little in excess of $1 <br />million dollars. The radios we have now are operating on the <br />analog system, but will be converted to the digital system. <br />Currently, the system is housed at Station Three in Concord and <br />the City of Kannapolis and Cabarrus County are members of that <br />system and we pay an annual fee to participate. <br />Current status - The County's current radio system is a Motorola <br />Analog Smartnet version 3.2, 800 MHz trunked system that was <br />installed in 1995. The system's prime site controllers are <br />currently housed at Concord's Fire Station #3 with support <br />towers /sites /transmitters located throughout the county. Each <br />jurisdiction owns /operates a 911 dispatch center and various <br />communication towers which are linked together to create the <br />"system ". The system is currently maintained and serviced by the <br />City of Concord with the Cabarrus County ($118,000) and the City <br />of Kannapolis paying an annual user fee to fund a proportional <br />amount of the staffing and operational costs to keep the system <br />working. Several modifications have been made over the last 15 <br />years to improve the overall system and meet the ever changing <br />demands of our public safety departments. However the system is <br />rapidly approaching the end of its life. In fact, we will have <br />to replace the entire system no later than 2015 because our <br />vendor (Motorola) will be discontinuing support of their analog <br />systems and will only support their new digital base systems. <br />This means that replacement parts /software are becoming very hard <br />to find and will ultimately go away leaving our current system in <br />a vulnerable situation. <br />Future needs /plans - Replace the current system with a P25 <br />Digital System that will allow for a higher degree of <br />interoperability within the county and throughout the Charlotte <br />region. The new system has an estimated cost of $7 - 9 million <br />which will be shared proportionately between our three <br />jurisdictions. How the cost will be divided has not been <br />established at this time. To prepare for the new digital system <br />all three jurisdictions and some of the volunteer fire <br />departments have began purchasing new radios that will continue <br />to operate on the current analog system and will also operate on <br />the new digital system. The county began this radio transition <br />two years ago and will be completing the project during 2011 <br />budget year. The project required approximately $1.2 million <br />budgeted over a three year period. <br />With the current state of the economy staff of all three <br />jurisdictions has searched for a method of delaying the purchase <br />of the new system until it absolutely necessary while still <br />maintaining the current system to meet the demands of our public <br />safety agencies. During our search an opportunity has presented <br />itself that will not only upgrade our current system, it will <br />also allow our system to be part of the "Regional Public Safety <br />Radio System" that is housed in Charlotte. Current members of <br />the regional system are the City of Charlotte, Mecklenburg <br />County, City of Monroe, Union County, and Gaston County. This is <br />an interoperable system that allows each jurisdiction to continue <br />to operate independently but at the same time be a part the <br />larger system should the need arise to cross county /city lines <br />and communicate to public agencies from multiple jurisdictions. <br />The approximate cost to join this system is $975,000 which would <br />be funded entirely by grant funds that are currently held by the <br />City of Charlotte for the purpose of expanding the regional <br />
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