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<br />REQUEST FOR <br />.OUNCIL ACTION <br /> <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br /> <br />~ <br />~ <br /> <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br /> <br />JUNE 7, <br /> <br />TITLE: <br /> <br />2004 <br /> <br />AGREEMENT WITH <br />COMMUNICATIONS <br />ALTERNATE FIRE <br /> <br />HI DESERT <br />FOR AN <br />SYSTEM <br /> <br />APPROVED <br />0 As Recommended <br />0 As Amended <br />0 Ordinance on 1" Reading <br />0 Ordinance on 2"' Reading <br />0 implementing Resolution <br />0 Set Public Hearing For <br /> <br />afiz:¿ <br /> <br />CONTINUED TO <br /> <br />FILE NUMBER <br /> <br />CITY MANAGER <br /> <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br /> <br />Direct the City Attorney to prepare and authorize the City Manager and <br />Clerk of the Council to execute an agreement with Hi Desert <br />Communications to provide an alternate fire alert system for the Fire <br />Department in an amount not to exceed $50,000. <br /> <br />aISCUSSION <br /> <br />The Fire Department utilizes an alternate fire alert system that works in <br />combination with the existing primary alert system and Computer Aided <br />Dispatch to warn Fire Stations of emergencies. The existing alternate <br />system has been in use for approximately 30 years. The support service <br />and equipment required to maintain the alternate alert system are no <br />longer available and have thus rendered this system obsolete. Staff <br />recommends the replacement of this system with the Zetron Model 6/26 <br />Alerting System provided by Hi-Desert Communications. The Zetron model <br />will work in conjunction with the primary system to provide a secondary <br />alert system to ten fire stations. This system fulfills Insurance <br />Services Organization (ISO) Class 1 requirements for Communications. <br /> <br />FISCAL IMPACT <br /> <br />Funds are available in Fire Facilities Machinery and Equipment account <br />(account no. 120-323-6641). <br /> <br />APPROVED AS TO FUNDS AND ACCOUNTS: <br /> <br /> <br />~~/~, <br /> <br />.i e Chief <br />ire Department <br /> <br />V ,e1oma <br />Execut *e Director <br />Finance & Management Services Agency <br /> <br />251-1 <br />