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A Resolution Of The City Commission Of The City Of Hollywood, Florida, Authorizing The Appropriate City Officials To Execute A Purchase Agreement And Maintenance Agreement With Express Radio, Inc., For The Purchase And Five Year Maintenance Of A Local Government UHF Radio System In An Initial Amount Not To Exceed $850,000.00 And A Recurring Annual Amount Not To Exceed $50,000.00 For Four Additional Years.
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Staff Recommends: Approval of the attached Resolution.
Explanation:
The City Commission approved Resolutions R-2003-387 and R-2014-076 which authorized the appropriate City officials to execute agreements with Motorola, Inc. for the acquisition of appropriate and compatible subscriber units (handheld radios) and accessories for public safety (Police and Fire) and non-public safety (Local Government) use. These radios were purchased to work with Broward County's radio infrastructure. The radios are owned by the City, but the infrastructure is owned and managed by Broward County.
Until their proposed 2019 Radio infrastructure upgrade, Broward County had provided the use of its radio system infrastructure for both Public Safety and Local Government. The proposed Broward County radio system will only support Hollywood's Public Safety users. The City's Local Government radios will no longer be supported, managed or maintained by the Broward County Office of Regional Communications and Technology.
The Information Technology Department, in coordination with City departments' radio users, have deemed it necessary to purchase, support, and maintain its own Local Government UHF Radio System to ensure adequate communication.
The requested purchase is available from the authorized Motorola partner, Express Radios, Inc. and pricing and warranty has been extended to the City of Hollywood based on the Broward County LGRS Motorola Contract No. 12-29077/JHJ with Motorola.
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