Department
Emergency Services
Requested Action (Identify appropriate Action or Motion, purpose, cost, timeframe, etc.)
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Request approval of an Intergovernmental Agreement between Fulton County and the City of South Fulton, for the provision of the Digital 800 MHz Radio System Access, October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2022 with three (3) automatic renewals commencing October 1 of each successive year, in the amount of $263,410.00 annually for years 2021 and 2022 and $279,030.00 annually for years 2023 and 2024. (APPROVED UPON ADOPTION OF THE CONSENT AGENDA)
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Requirement for Board Action (Cite specific Board policy, statute or code requirement)
O.C.G.A § 36-10-1 requires any contract entered into by the County shall be forwarded to the Board of Commissioners for approval.
Strategic Priority Area related to this item (If yes, note strategic priority area below)
Justice and Safety
Commission Districts Affected
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Is this a purchasing item?
No
Summary & Background (First sentence includes Agency recommendation. Provide an executive summary of the action that gives an overview of the relevant details for the item.)
Request approval to enter into an Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) with the City of South Fulton. It is desirable to have a unified system to include entities on the system who affect and further the goal of protecting the citizens of Fulton County’s health, safety, and welfare, and provides public safety services to the citizens of the City of South Fulton. The ability of public safety providers, police, fire, and EMS to communicate by radio on a common radio system increases the response effectiveness of first responders to emergency calls for service and mutual aid agencies that may be called upon to assist in the response. This agreement will allow 710 City of South Fulton police and fire personnel radios access to operate on the Fulton County Digital 800 MHz radio system to handle calls for service within the City of South Fulton and provide interoperable communications when called upon by other Fulton County public safety agencies.
The City of South Fulton will pay Fulton County $371.00 per radio or $263,410.00 annually for 710 radios (410 police and 300 fire) annually for years 2021 and 2022 and $393.00 per radio or $279,030.00 annually for years 2023 and 2024 to operate on the digital radio system. The per radio access fee will be used to support the annual maintenance, upgrade, and replacement costs of the Fulton County Digital 800 MHz Public Safety Radio System.
The Board of Commissioners, at their meeting on March 21, 2018 (Item #18-0221) approved the provision of 800MHz Radio System Access with the City of South Fulton.