ADOPTED -
Agenda Item No. 37
Introduced by the Law Enforcement and Finance Committees of the:
INGHAM
RESOLUTION
AUTHORIZING A LEASE WITH THE BOARD OF WATER AND LIGHT FOR A NEW
INGHAM
RESOLUTION #04-263
WHEREAS, the Ingham County Board of Commissioners has established a 911 Emergency Telephone Dispatch Services Fund for Management and System Improvements to the County emergency dispatch system; and
WHEREAS, the Ingham County Board of Commissioners adopted Resolution #03-324 to accept the M/A-COM, Inc. Final System Design as recommended by the Ingham County 911 Advisory Committee and MLJ Consulting, Inc. to replace and upgrade the Public Safety Radio Communications System in Ingham County; and
WHEREAS, the Project Manager, MLJ Consulting Inc. identified the current Board of Water and Light Pennsylvania Avenue tower as a prime communication tower site for the Ingham County Radio Communications System Project; and
WHEREAS, a structural analysis of the existing tower indicated that the existing tower was not suitable for the additional load required for the Ingham County Radio Communications System Project; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Water and Light completed an RFP process and the Board of Water and Light and the City of Lansing have agreed to cost share with the County to replace the tower with a new tower that meets the requirements of the Board of Water and Light and Ingham County; and
WHEREAS, the Project Manager, MLJ Consulting, Inc., and the 911 Advisory Board are recommending that the Ingham County Board of Commissioners fund this cost sharing lease agreement from the 911 Emergency Telephone Dispatch Services - 911 Fund for Management and System Improvements.
THEREFORE
BE IT RESOLVED, that the Ingham County Board of
Commissioners authorizes the expenditure
of 50% of the costs, not to exceed
$85,000 from the 911 Emergency Telephone
Dispatch Services - 911 fund for Management and System Improvements for Ingham County’s Radio Communications System Project and the
costs associated with constructing and occupying via a perpetual lease the new Board of Water & Light Pennsylvania Ave.
Communication Tower.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the
Chairperson of the Ingham County Board of
Commissioners and the
LAW ENFORCEMENT: Yeas: Schor, Stid, Holman, Swope
Nays:
None Absent: Minter, Schafer Approved
FINANCE: Yeas: Lynch, Grebner, Dedden, De Leon, Thomas
Nays: None Absent: Minter Approved