Item 11 - Joint Agreement with OC for the 800MHz Countywide Coordinated Communications System (CCCS)

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Attachment A - Joint Agreement for 800 MHz CCCS Page 5 of 83 • "Member Agency" is defined as an agency authorized by the Governance Committee to use the System. Members include the Lead Agency and Partner Agencies. • "Mobile Radio" is defined as two-way radio equipment installed in a vehicle to provide communications for the vehicle operator. • "Mutual Aid Provider" is any governmental organization not otherwise defined in this Afreement that will provide short term assistance across jurisdictional boundaries during an emergency or planned event that exceeds local resources. Mutual aid use of the System will be restricted to the timeframe of the mutual aid incident. • "New Partner Agency" are Partner Agencies added after the adoption of this Joint Agreement. • "Parties" are all those entities that are authorized users of the System and have signed this agreement. • "Partner Agency" are authorized subscribers to the system who agree to share in the System Operational Costs to administer, maintain, and upgrade the technology by providing recurring rate schedule payments. • "Portable Radio" is a two-way radio equipment that is rechargeable, and handheld or belt carried. • "Radio Site" is defined as a location, which consists of a building, systems within the building, and a tower. • "Sponsored Agency" is any agency approved to use the System under sponsorship of a Partner Agency. • "Sponsoring Partner Agency" is a Partner Agency that wishes to sponsor a Sponsored Agency. • "Subscriber Unit" is defined as the subscriber radios and other devices that utilize the System. This includes dispatch operator positions, mobile radios, portable radios, cellular based devices and any other device that allows a user to communicate over the System. • "System infrastructure" is defined as all associated radio and support equipment required to establish a radio network on which user radios can operate to communicate throughout the County of Orange. System infrastructure includes, but is not limited to, servers, switches, routers, data lines, base station radios, microwave technology, and firewalls. • "System Operational Costs" are the expenses required to administer, maintain, and update the System.