NS Grant - Authorization EMS to Apply for 2007 COPS Technology Grant with the City of durham

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and will serve to cover the 25% local match. if the County is awarded the grant, the County would have $x,004,004 of equipmenfi wifih no addifiional outlay from whafi is already budgefied. The second project is the purchase and installation of a workstation featuring telephone, Computer Aided Dispatch and a radio~console to implement interoperability for County Emergency Gperations Center EGC}. Adding this workstation to the EGC allows the staff of the Center fio communicate more efficiently during major emergencies and county-wide disasfiers. The system is estimated at $34,004 and requires a $7,540 local match that would come from monies already allocated fio up-fit fihe new EGC afi the Meadowlands facility. z The final project under this grant application would aim fio improve infieroperable radio signal enhancement for paor coverage area in eastern Chapel Hill in the Eastgafie Area, including the Easfigafie Shopping Center. This area has historically represented an area of low signal strength that limits communications from responder fio responder and from responder fio the communications center. Limited communications jeopardizes the safety of responders and inhibits the ability of responders fio meek the needs of the populafiion. Staff esfiimates the cost of fihis project to be $~ 50,404, requiring a $37,540 local match. Sufficient funds have been requested in the capital budget for the next two years to cover the local match. FINANCIAL IMPACT: There is a 25% local cash match requirement under this grant program. There is adequate funding allotted in the 2047-08 and 240809 budget to adequately account for the local match as outlined above. ~ECOMMENDATIaN~S}: The Manager recommends that the Soard authorize the Division of Emergency Services fio apply for fihe 244?" CGPS Technology Grant as asub-applicant of fihe City of Durham.