DEPARTMENT: Office Of Risk Management
FILE TYPE: Consent Action
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Authorization To Execute Amended Cooperative Agreement With Metropolitan Emergency Services Board And Minnesota Department Of Transportation For 800 MHz Radio System
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PURPOSE/ACTION REQUESTED
Authorize execution of an amended Cooperative Agreement with the Metropolitan Emergency Services Board (MESB) and the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MNDOT) for the operation of 800 MHz Radio System.
SUMMARY
By Resolution No. 04-213 (May 18, 2004), the County Board authorized the County to join the Metropolitan Regional 800 MHz Radio System and to request proposals for the design of the county subsystem. By Resolution No. 05-247 (May17, 2005), the County Board approved the submission of the Dakota County 800 MHz Radio Plan to the Metropolitan Radio Board (now the Metropolitan Emergency Services Board). By Resolution No. 06-327 (August 22, 2006), the Dakota County Board of Commissioners approved the execution a Cooperative Agreement with the Metropolitan Emergency Services Board (MESB) and the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MNDOT) for the design, procurement, construction and operation of an 800 MHz County/Regional integrated subsystem.
Since 2006, the content of newer Cooperative Agreements has been updated as other counties have joined the statewide Allied Radio Matrix for Emergency Response (ARMER) system. The Cooperative Agreement is the formal agreement with the MESB and MNDOT that outlines the rights and obligations of Dakota County as a member of the regional public safety radio communications system in the metropolitan area. Representatives from Risk Management, the County Attorney's Office, PSC Alliance (the County's radio consultant), MNDOT's Office of Electronic Communications, and the MESB have been meeting to review and update the Cooperative Agreement. The Cooperative Agreement was updated to reflect current considerations of the regional network operation. I...
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