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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: August 16, 2005 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No.r~-Q~ <br />SUBJECT: Ratification of Application for Interoperable Communications Technology Grant <br />DEPARTMENT: Emergency Management PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />7/13/05 Orange County Support Letter <br />Project Description <br />COPS Grant Program Description <br />(under separate cover) <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Jack Ball, 968-2050 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br />Durham 688-7331 <br />Mebane 336-227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: To support a regional grant application to the United States Department of .Justice <br />for the purchase interoperable communications console equipment for the 9-1-1 Center and for <br />portable 800 MHz radios. <br />BACKGROUND: The United States Department of Justice Community Oriented Policing <br />Services (COPS) office received up to $90 million during FY2005 to award technology grants to <br />enhance interoperable communicationsthvoughout the United States, This highly competitive <br />grant program was offered to specific Metropolitan Statistical Areas by invitation only. <br />The City of Durham was invited by the Department of Justice to submit an application on behalf <br />of the Durham Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), which includes the counties of Durham, <br />Orange, Person, and Chatham. Person and Chatham counties chose not to participate in the <br />application. City of Durham staff reported that they did not receive the invitation announcement <br />until mid June 2005 due to misdirected documentation, Orange County staff only learned of the <br />existence of grant, with no details such as matching funds requirements, just before the June <br />23, 2005 meeting of the BOCC, which prevented the Board's timely consideration of the grant <br />application prior to its July 15 submission deadline. In the absence of any scheduled BOGG <br />meeting prior to the application deadline, staff consulted with the Chair and Vice Chair before <br />submitting the accompanying letter of support far the City of Durham grant, The letter notes <br />that Orange County's support of the grant application is contingent upon the BOCC's ratification <br />of its submission at this August 16 meeting, <br />The City of Durham compiled a grant project in partnership with Orange County for 800 MHz <br />compatible radios to further the interoperability between the two jurisdictions. The total project <br />submitted to the Department of Justice was $3,894,300,60, Orange County's share of the <br />project budget equaled $1,348,930, which would provide funds to purchase (7) seven <br />interoperable radio console replacements for the 9-1-1 Center, and (30) thirty portable radios for <br />emergency responders. The grant requires a match of 25%, resulting in a grant breakdown for <br />
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