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2 <br />Information will be provided to each dispatcher on a single high <br />resolution workstation using a "windows" approach that will permit <br />dispatchers to handle multiple calls. Workstations will be networked <br />so that each can deal with any call received, or so the call can be <br />monitored by a 911 supervisor or responding agency officer. Each <br />station can function independently so that failure of one <br />workstation would not render the Center non - operational. <br />The cost for the IBM proposed system is $380,727, which includes <br />a "hot spare" option for a backup workstation at the Emergency <br />Operations Center (EOC). The figure is slightly lower than that <br />shown in the December 19, 1991 proposal from IBM due to some recently <br />revised costs. The cost breakout is as follows: <br />IBM Hardware (purchased through State <br />5 EOC Workstations <br />1 EOC Hgt Spare Workstation <br />1 Land Records Workstation <br />1 Sheriff Workstation <br />4 Digital Modems <br />IBM Operating System Software <br />(incl Hot Spare) <br />Non -IBM Hardware /Software & IBM System <br />IBM System Integration <br />3 Ethernet Bridges <br />Uninterruptable Power Supply (UPS) <br />LogiCAD Software <br />TOTAL <br />contract) <br />$ 105,184 <br />19,537 <br />27,401 <br />27,401 <br />4,544 <br />$ 184,067 <br />$ 11,496 <br />Development <br />$ 85,543 <br />30,749 <br />9,900 <br />58,972 <br />$ 185,164 <br />$ 380,727 <br />System integration costs include all installation, training, and <br />geofile creation as well as design, testing, and system assurance. The <br />geofile is the enormous task of linking an address with its location on <br />the ground and building that relationship for displaying incident sites <br />and routing emergency vehicles. <br />Costs associated with the IBM proposal and other aspects of the <br />Enhanced 911 project will be funded through telephone subscriber fees, <br />with one exception: the Land Records and Sheriff workstations and GIS <br />software are covered by funds approved by the Board for the GIS project <br />and already included in the 1991 -92 budget. Those costs not paid in <br />accordance with the IBM proposed schedule would be financed with IBM, <br />as a contract addendum, in monthly installments as additional revenue <br />from subscriber fees becomes available. Ongoing operational and <br />maintenance costs for hardware, software, database, access lines, and <br />addressing are expected to be adequately funded by continuation of the <br />current 50 cent monthly 911 telephone subscriber charges. <br />RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board approve the <br />agreement with IBM, subject to final review by the County Attorney, and <br />authorize the Chair to sign it. <br />