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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: December 18, 1990 SUBJECT: E911 /GIS Consulting Agreement DEPARTMENT: Central tand Records ATTACHMENT(S): Agreement Action Agenda Item No. PUBLIC HEARING: Yes No INFORMATION CONTACT: Roscoe Reeve, Nick Waters TELEPHONE NUMBER: Hillsborough - 732 -8181 Chapel Hill - 968 -4501 Mebane - 227 -2031 Durham - 688 -7331 PURPOSE: To approve the signing of an Agreement, by the Chair, to obtain consulting services to support the E911 -GIS Implementation Committee in their choice of a computer -aided dispatch (CAD) capability to tie E911 and GIS into an integrated dispatch system. GIS (geographical information system) is the new computer mapping system chosen by the County that has analytical capabilities. It will build a map for an EMS dispatcher of where an emergency call is coming from, and tell responding ambulances or police cars how best to travel to the site. BACKGROUND: The E911 -GIS Implementation Committee - -comprised,_ of GIS,EMS, fire, and police jurisdictions - needs technical expertise to evaluate possible options for the implementation of an integrated E91.1 -GIS capability in Orange County. The Committee is proposing the use of a local consultant, who assisted the County,:and the various other participants, in choosing a GIS system in 1989. He is familiar with our system, and the implementation plans. The technical assistance is needed to keep the E911 contract schedule on line with the agreed dates. The specific tasks to be performed are defined in a appendix of the Agreement. The tasks are all directly in support of the dispatch capabilities of E911, therefore it is proposed that the E911 funds be used to pay for the Agreement. RECOMMENDATION(S): that the Board approve the signing of the E911 -GIS Consulting Agreement, by the Chair.