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November 4, 2002 Subject Purchase the Voice Radio System components from Motorola Corporation for the Redwood City Police Department at a cost of $865,033.13 Recommendation The City Council approves the purchase of a Voice Radio System for the police department in the amount of $665,033.13 from Motorola Corporation under the cooperative purchase provision for the County of San Mateo's Purchase Order #00- 13203/MNA. Background The City Counci~ approved the expenditure of Capital Improvement Funds by the police department to replace the department's voice radio system. The department has decided to replace the existing system by joining the San Uateo County Sheriff's Office and using their new Voice Radio Digital Trunking System. The San Mateo County System will provide the department with a reliable Voice Radio System for many years and their Voice Trunking System will give the department the following enhanced futures: 1. Provide better radio coverage for the entire city. 2. Provide better radio communications between the San Mateo County Sheri~s Office and our department. 3. Gives officers access to numerous radio channels in the field for transmitting to our Communications Center. 4. The system has the potential for all San Mateo police agencies to join the same radio system in the future. Motorola Corporation has supplied the department with radio system equipment and installation quotations on joining the County's system at a cost of $865,033.13. Additional costs to join in using the County system will be $250,000 to buy into the system. The department will get discounts of 50% on portable radios and between 20% to 27% discounts on radio infrastructure and dispatch consoles. The department will realize these discounts by purchasing radio equipment from a cooperative purchasing agreement San Mateo County has with the Motorola Corporation. Motorola has also given the department additional special discounts on other components of the Voice Radio System. Motorola Corporation contracts allow the department to make any change orders as necessary. All other city departments who currently use the Voice Radio System would continue to be serviced by the police department when the department switches over to the County's system.