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Consideration of and action on an ordinance amending the Fiscal Year 2019-2020 Capital Improvements Fund Budget for repairs to the outdoor warning (siren) system.
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Summary:
The City currently operates 10 outdoor warning sirens located throughout the community. Due to the age of the system and outdated technology, the system has been problematic and unreliable in recent years. At the May 21, 2019 Council Meeting, the City Council authorized funding for the second and third phase of the project to upgrade the technology and provide the City's emergency dispatch center with real-time visibility of each site's status. The Deer Park Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC) has already funded the first phase of the upgrade, which included the dispatch equipment and three of the 10 siren sites. Due to safety concerns, the City agreed to fund Phase 2 and Phase 3 of the Whelen Outdoor Warning (Siren) System upgrade with the Deer Park LEPC to reimburse the City over the ensuing two years. Crosspoint Communications, through the BuyBoard Cooperative Purchasing Program (Contract #524-17), was hired to complete the system upgrade.
During the replacement of the system components, Crosspoint Communications identified the need for additional component replacements. Crosspoint Communications has provided a price quote of $52,517.81 to complete these repairs. The Deer Park LEPC Executive Committee has asked the City to fund these additional repairs with the agreement that the LEPC will reimburse the City. The City is funding Phase 2 and Phase 3 of the project using the fund balance of the General Fund assigned for disaster response/repair. That assigned fund balance is also available to fund these additional repairs of $52,517.81. When the LEPC reimburses the City over the next three years, those funds will also be designated as assigned fund balance to restore that balance to the current $816,000.00.
Fiscal Budget Impact:
Increase the Fiscal Year 2019-202...
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