Res 2007- 44 Authorizing Participation in 800 MHz Radio SystemPARTICIPATION IN A COUNTYWIDE 800 MHZ PUBLIC SAFETY RADIO SUBSYSTEM
City of Mendota Heights
Dakota County, Minnesota
RESOLUTION NO. 07- 44
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING PARTICIPATION IN A COUNTYWIDE 800
MHZ PUBLIC SAFETY RADIO SUBSYSTEM
WHEREAS, Minn. Stat. 473.904 required that metropolitan counties prepare a
communications system planning document on current and potential participation
in the regional 800 MHz public safety radio communications system; and
WHEREAS, the County and its cities currently operate independent VHF public
safety radio systems not capable of interoperable communications; and
WHEREAS, Dakota County in cooperation with the cities in the County studied
this issue and issued reports in 1997 and 2000 concluding that the current
independent VHF public safety radio systems were meeting the current needs of
the agencies and that the County did not intend to participate in the regional 800
MHz system at that time; and
WHEREAS, the terrorist events of September 11, 2001 have shown the
necessity for an interoperable public safety radio system; and
WHEREAS, the County and its cities again studied participation in the regional
800 MHz public safety radio system and in a report issued in 2004 unanimously
recommended that the county participate in the regional 800 MHz public safety
radio system; and
WHEREAS, in 2004 the Dakota County Board of Commissioners authorized the
County to join the Metropolitan Regional 800 MHz public safety radio system;
and
WHEREAS, significant federal grant funds have been made available through the
U S Department of Homeland Security to implement interoperable radio
communications systems; and
WHEREAS, Dakota County has received approximately $6 million in grant funds
to construct a countywide 800 MHz public safety radio subsystem; and
WHEREAS, Dakota County has retained a consulting firm to design the
countywide integrated 800 MHz subsystem to serve all areas of the County; and
WHEREAS, the design of the countywide subsystem is being overseen by
technical and policy committees made up of county and city participants; and
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PARTICIPATION IN A COUNTYWIDE 800 MHZ PUBLIC SAFETY RADIO SUBSYSTEM
WHEREAS, participation in the Countywide 800 MHz public safety radio
subsystem will provide the City of Mendota Heights with full interoperable
communications with all public safety agencies in the County as well as with all
participants in the regional system; and
WHEREAS, in order to meet federal grant deadlines, the final design of the
Countywide subsystem must be completed and submitted to the Metropolitan
Radio Board (or its successor) in June, 2005; and
WHEREAS, to complete the design of the subsystem, it is necessary to
determine the cities that will participate in the Countywide 800 MHz subsystem;
and
WHEREAS, the County and participating cities will need to enter into a
cooperative agreement that will define the rights and obligations of the County
and the City of Mendota Heights with respect to the cooperative and coordinated
implementation, operation, and maintenance of the countywide subsystem.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, That the City of Mendota Heights
hereby agrees to participate in a Countywide Integrated 800 MHz Public Safety
Radio System; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the cooperative agreement be brought to the
City Council for approval; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the city administrator communicate the city's
intention to the County.
Adopted by the City Council of the City of Mendota Heights this 5th day of June,
2007.
CITY COUNCIL
CITY OF MENDOTA HE19H S
By
Jo J. Hu r;'Mavor
ATTEST:
By
K thleen M. Swanson, City Clerk
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